נְעֹרֶת
Used: 2 times · Key: 5296 · BDB: נְעֹ֫רֶת
Glosses
tow (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
tow tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. tow tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. tow (as shaken off from the flax when beaten; on form cf. BaNB 64);—in sim. פְּתִיל־הַנּ׳ Ju 16:9 a thread of tow (snapping from heat); נ׳ Is 1:31 (fig.; as inflammable).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 (2 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «נְעֹרֶת» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וְהָיָ֤ה הֶחָסֹן֙ לִנְעֹ֔רֶת וּפֹעֲל֖וֹ לְנִיצ֑וֹץ וּבָעֲר֧וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֛ם יַחְדָּ֖ו וְאֵ֥ין מְכַבֶּֽה׃ס
Word for word: and he.will.become the.strong [person] (into) tow and work his [will become].(into).a.spark and they.will.burn both of.them together and there.[will].not.[be] [one.who].extinguishes
JPS 1917: And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
וְהָאֹרֵ֗ב יֹשֵׁ֥ב לָהּ֙ בַּחֶ֔דֶר וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים עָלֶ֖יךָ שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן וַיְנַתֵּק֙ אֶת־הַיְתָרִ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִנָּתֵ֤ק פְּתִֽיל־הַנְּעֹ֙רֶת֙ בַּהֲרִיח֣וֹ אֵ֔שׁ וְלֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖ע כֹּחֽוֹ׃
Word for word: and the ambusher [was].sitting for her in the chamber and she.said to him [the].Philistines [are].on you O.Samson and he.tore.apart (et) the cords just as it.is.torn.apart (the).cord of.(the) tow when smells it fire and not it.was.known strength his
JPS 1917: Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber. And she said unto him: 'The Philistines are upon thee, Samson.' And he broke the bowstrings as a string of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
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