נָמֵר

«נָמֵר» in the Tanakh dictionary: leopard — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 6 times · Key: 5246 · BDB: נָמֵר

Glosses

a.leopard (3); leopard (1); of.leopards (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

leopard tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. leopard tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Is 11:6 leopard;—abs. נ׳ Ho 13:7 + 3 times; pl. נְמֵרִים Hb 1:8; Ct 4:8;—leopard, as spotted Je 13:23, swift Hb 1:8, keen-eyed Je 5:6 (symb. of calamities of Isr.), so Ho 13:7 (sim. of י׳); נ׳ עִם־גְּדִי יִרְבָּ֑ץ Is 11:6 (predict.); הַרֲרֵי נְמֵרִים Ct 4:8 (‖ מְעֹנוֹת אֲרָיוֹת).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «נָמֵר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Hosea 13:7

וָאֱהִ֥י לָהֶ֖ם כְּמוֹ־שָׁ֑חַל כְּנָמֵ֖ר עַל־דֶּ֥רֶךְ אָשֽׁוּר׃

Word for word: and I.became to them like a.lion like a.leopard on a.road I.will.watch

JPS 1917: Therefore am I become unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;

Jeremiah 13:23

הֲיַהֲפֹ֤ךְ כּוּשִׁי֙ עוֹר֔וֹ וְנָמֵ֖ר חֲבַרְבֻּרֹתָ֑יו גַּם־אַתֶּם֙ תּוּכְל֣וּ לְהֵיטִ֔יב לִמֻּדֵ֖י הָרֵֽעַ׃

Word for word: will he.change? a.Cushite skin his and a.leopard spots its also you you.will.be.able to do.good O.[those].accustomed (of).to.do.evil

JPS 1917: Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

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