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Genesis 2:10

“And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נָהָרnâhâr · naw-hawr'
H5104 · Hebrew

Definition: a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
Derivation: from H5102 (נָהַר);
KJV renderings: flood, river.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
נָהָרּ֙ — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HC/Ncmsa
Usage: Occurs 119 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:13 Genesis 2:14 Genesis 2:14 Genesis 15:18 Genesis 15:18

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָהָר here.

Verse 9 Verse 11

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.