Nimrah — the meaning of the Hebrew name נִמְרָה

נִמְרָה

Nimrâh · pronounced nim-raw' · Strong's H5247 · a place

Nimrah means clear water.

Built from

נָמֵר nâmêr (the same as, H5246) — and thus to spot or stain as if by dripping open in the lexicon ›

בֵּית נִמְרָה Bêyth Nimrâh (see also, H1039) — house of (the) leopard open in the lexicon ›

נִמְרִים Nimrîym (from, H5249) — clear waters open in the lexicon ›

from the same as H5246; clear water; Nimrah, a place East of the Jordan.

Num 32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Numbers

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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