Nahar (נהר) means river in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
river
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Nahar.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אפיק טבעי המזרים מים מתוקים ממקור יבשתי כמו מעיינות ושלגים אל אגם או אל ים.
...לְזַרְעֲךָ נָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת מִנְּהַר מִצְרַיִם עַד־הַנָּהָר הַגָּדֹל נְהַר־פְּרָת.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Nahar is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- נָהָר
- Written without vowel points
- נהר
- Said
- nahar
- Root
- נ־ה־ר
- Pattern
- קָטָל
- Plural
- נְהָרוֹת גם נְהָרִים
- Inflections
- ר' נְהָרוֹת גם נְהָרִים; נְהַר־, ר' נַהֲרוֹת־ או נַהֲרֵי־
- Gematria
- 255
This is how Nahar is said in other languages.
- English
- river
- Arabic
- نهر
These words rhyme with Nahar.
The word Nahar is part of these phrases and sayings.
- ארם נהריים
- נהר דינור
- ספינת נהר
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
This is where the word Nahar comes from.
מקראי, מקביל באותו משמע לארמית נְהַר, אכדית (1040), אוגריתית (נהר), סורית (נהרא), ערבית نَهْر.
These words come before and after Nahar in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Nahar.
What does Nahar (נהר) mean in Hebrew?
Nahar (נהר) means river. It is said nahar, with the stress on har.
What rhymes with Nahar (נהר)?
Words that rhyme with Nahar (נהר) include דבר, בשר, מספר, איבר, ישר, and זכר.
Is Nahar (נהר) masculine or feminine?
The word Nahar (נהר) is a masculine noun, and its plural is נְהָרוֹת גם נְהָרִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry נהר of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.