Hebrew word · H5170

נַ֫חַר

nachrat

snorting

A horse snorting. The noun appears only here. The related noun naḥar appears in Job 39:20: 'the majesty of his snorting is terror'.

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

snorting

Also means: na.cha.rah (נַחֲרָה "snorting" H5170B)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Jeremiah 8:16

Range of meaning

A horse snorting. The noun appears only here. The related noun naḥar appears in Job 39:20: 'the majesty of his snorting is terror'.

Against the English

English versions agree on 'snorting'. That is accurate, but it can sound comic. In Hebrew poetry the war horse's snort is a terrifying sound.

Used elsewhere in the period

Job 39:19–25 is the classic Hebrew portrait of the war horse: snorting, pawing, laughing at fear, smelling the battle. Assyrian palace reliefs show cavalry and chariot horses at full charge.

Similar words

Where it appears

Job · 1

  1. Job 39:20 נַחְר֣וֹ snorting its

    Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?

Jeremiah · 1

  1. Jeremiah 8:16 נַחְרַ֣ת [the] snorting of

    The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.

    Here: The loud blowing of a war horse through its nostrils. The word is rare. In Job 39:20 the related word describes a war horse's frightening snort.

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