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Prep-m | N-ms | 56× in 2 senses

Forest, wood, thicket; once as a place name (Yaar) associated with Kiriath-jearim

Denotes a wooded area, forest, or dense thicket — the wild, untamed terrain that contrasts with cultivated land in the Hebrew imagination. Named forests like the 'forest of Lebanon' (1 Kgs 7:2), the 'forest of Hereth' (1 Sam 22:5), and the 'forest of Ephraim' (2 Sam 18:6) serve as settings for pivotal biblical events. Joshua 17:15–18 uses it practically: if the hill country is too narrow, go up to the forest and clear it. In Ps 132:6, the term appears to function as a place name (Yaar) linked to the Ark's sojourn at Kiriath-jearim, 'city of forests.' Translations across languages consistently render 'forest/bosque/forêt/Wald.'

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1. forest, wood, thicket — A forest, wood, or thicket (55x), referring to natural wooded terrain. Deut 19:5 envisions a man going with his neighbor into the יַעַר to cut trees, and 2 Sam 18:6–8 describes the forest of Ephraim consuming more soldiers than the sword in Absalom's rebellion. Jer 10:3 speaks of cutting wood from the forest to make an idol. Multilingual evidence ('forest/bosque/forêt/Wald') is unanimous in rendering natural woodland. The term carries occasional overtones of danger and wildness, as beasts of the forest threaten in Ps 50:10 and Isa 56:9. 55×

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AR["الغابَة", "الغَابَةِ", "الْغابَةُ", "الْغَابَةَ", "الْغَابَةِ", "الْوَعْرِ", "غَابَةٍ", "فِي-غَابَةٍ", "هَ-يَعَر", "وَعْرٌ"]·ben["-বনের", "বন", "বন-এর", "বনকে", "বনে-", "বনের"]·DE["Wald", "der-forest"]·EN["forest", "the-forest"]·FR["[היער]", "de-la-forêt,", "forest", "forêt", "le-forest"]·heb["ה-יער", "יער"]·HI["जंगल", "जंगल-का", "जंगल-की", "जंगल-के", "में-वृक्षों", "वन-के"]·ID["-hutan", "-hutan?", "Hutan", "hutan"]·IT["[היער]", "foresta", "il-bosco", "il-foresta"]·jav["alas", "kewan-alas", "wana"]·KO["그-숲", "그-숲-의", "그-숲의", "그-숲이", "숲", "숲-을", "숲-의", "숲에", "숲의"]·PT["a-floresta", "bosque", "da-floresta", "floresta", "o-bosque"]·RU["-леса", "·-леса", "в-лесу", "лес", "леса"]·ES["bosque", "el-bosque"]·SW["msitu", "msituni", "ya-msitu"]·TR["ağaçlarında", "orman", "ormanin", "ormanı", "ormanın"]·urd["جنگل", "جنگل-میں", "جنگل-نے", "جنگل-کا", "جنگل-کی", "جنگل-کے", "جنگل-کے-میں", "میں"]

Deut 19:5, Josh 17:15, Josh 17:18, 1 Sam 22:5, 2 Sam 18:6, 2 Sam 18:8, 2 Sam 18:17, 1 Kgs 7:2, 1 Kgs 10:17, 1 Kgs 10:21, 2 Kgs 2:24, 2 Kgs 19:23 (+38 more)

2. Yaar (place name) — A place name 'Yaar' (1x) in Ps 132:6, within the liturgical recollection of finding the Ark: 'we heard of it in Ephrathah, we found it in the fields of Yaar.' This likely refers to Kiriath-jearim ('city of forests'), where the Ark rested for twenty years (1 Sam 7:1–2). The German gloss 'Yaar' preserves the proper-noun reading, while Spanish 'bosque' and French 'forêt' assimilate it to the common noun, obscuring the geographic reference. 1×

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AR["يَعْرَ"]·ben["বনের।"]·DE["Yaar"]·EN["Yaar"]·FR["forêt"]·heb["יער"]·HI["जंगल"]·ID["hutan"]·IT["foresta"]·jav["Yaar"]·KO["야알"]·PT["Jaar"]·RU["леса"]·ES["bosque"]·SW["Yaari"]·TR["Yaar'ın"]·urd["جنگل-کے"]

Ps 132:6

BDB / Lexicon Reference

† I. יַ֫עַר n.m. 2 S 18:8 wood, forest, thicket (MI21 pl. היערן (= n.pr.loc.?); Ph. יער and יר, cf. DHM in MV(10) 983; Aramaic יַעֲרָא, ܝܰܥܪܳܐ wood, thicket; Assyrian âru DlHWB 230, cf. JägerBAS i, 476)—abs. יַ֫עַר Is 7:2 +; יָ֑עַר Mi 3:12 +; c. ה loc. יַעֲרָה Jos 17:15; cstr. יַ֫עַר 2 S 18:6; יַעְרָהּ Je 46:23, etc.; pl. יְעָרִים Ezr 2:25 + 4 times (incl. Ez 34:25 Qr, so Co); יְעָרוֹת ψ 29:9;—…