נִ֣יר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 נִ֣יר

   NIR

   fallow ground or plowed land
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 נִ֣יר רָאשִׁ֑ים

   NIR ra-SHIM

   fallow ground or plowed land of poor people
3. clause🔊 רָב־אֹ֖‪(d)כֶל נִ֣יר רָאשִׁ֑ים

   RAV-O-khel NIR ra-SHIM

   much food fallow ground or plowed land of poor people
4. sentence🔊 רָב־אֹ֖‪(d)כֶל נִ֣יר רָאשִׁ֑ים וְיֵ֥שׁ נִ֝סְפֶּ֗ה בְּלֹ֣א מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

   RAV-O-khel NIR ra-SHIM ve-YESH nis-PE be-LO mish-PAT

   much food fallow ground or plowed land of poor people and there is swept away or removed by lack of or without justice or judgment

Exegesis

This is followed by the construct chain nîr rāšîm {נִיר רָאשִׁים | nîr rāšîm} ‘field of the poor’, where rāšîm in construct indicates possession.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 נ־י־רNun–Yod–Resh

“to break up, plow”

• 🔊 נִיר (Jeremiah 4:3)nîrplowed field