יַעַר m. (b. h.) forest. B. Kam. 32ᵇ (ref. to Deut. XIX, 5) ומה י׳ וכ׳ when in the case of unintentional homicide in the forest where each entered of his own accord &c.; Sifré Deut. 182 מה י׳ רשות וכ׳ as in the case … in the forest, both had a right to enter. Cant. R. to III, 4, v. יְאוֹר; a. fr.—[יער, יאר = עור, אור, to break forth, applied to vegetation, water-course and light (cmp. נָהָר a. נְהוֹרָא); cmp. יְאוֹר a. Sam. יאר Gen. I, 11 for h. דשא.]
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יַעַר m. (b. h.) forest . B. Kam. 32ᵇ (ref. to Deut. XIX, 5 ) ומה י׳ וכ׳ when in the case of unintentional homicide in the forest where each entered…
References
- Bava Kamma 32b:9
- Deuteronomy 19:5
- Sifrei Devarim 182:1
- Shir HaShirim Rabbah 3:4
- Jastrow, יְאוֹר 1
- Jastrow, יַעַר 1
- Jastrow, אוֹר 1
- Jastrow, נָהָר 1
- Jastrow, נְהוֹר 1
- Genesis 1:11