STRONGS NUMBER H5247


Word Summary
Nimrah: "place of leopard", a place East of the Jordan
Original Word: נִמְרָה
Transliteration: Nimrah
Phonetic Spelling: (nim-raw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: "place of leopard", a place East of the Jordan
Meaning: Nimrah -- "place of leopard", a place East of the Jordan
Strong's Concordance
Nimrah

From the same as namer; clear water; Nimrah, a place East of the Jordan -- Nimrah. See also Beyth Nimrah, Nimriym.

see HEBREW namer

see HEBREW Beyth Nimrah

see HEBREW Nimriym

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H5247. Nimrah

נִמְרָהproper name, of a location place east of Jordan Numbers 32:3 (+ חֶשְׁבּוֺן דִּיבֹן, עֲטָרוֺת,‎, etc.), ᵐ5Ναμβρα, A Αμβραμ, ᵐ5L Μαμβραν. Perhaps = Tel Nimrîn, approximately 6 miles east of Jordan, nearly opposite Jericho, compare BuhlGeogr. 264. — compare נ ׳בֵּית‎ (q. v.), also in Late Hebrew (compare נמרה‎ proper name, masculine Sinaitic Inscriptions SACook81 Lzb323; meaning dubious; NöZMG xxix (1875), 437 thinks from spotted or striped appearance of ground; place of leopard also GrayProp. Names 92 (on tribal names from leopard see RSK 201 also Sabean proper name אנמרם‎ Levy-Osl.c., etc.); WeHeid:2, 82 thinks of clear water [compare following]).