נמר

From Proto-Semitic *namir-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *mary-. Cognate with Arabic نَمِر‎ (namir) and Aramaic נִמְרָא‎ (nimrā).

נָמֵר • (namér) m (plural indefinite נְמֵרִים‎, singular construct נְמֵר־, plural construct נִמְרֵי־‎, feminine counterpart נְמֵרָה‎)

1. leopard
   • Isaiah 11:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וְגָר זְאֵב עִם־כֶּבֶשׂ וְנָמֵר עִם־גְּדִי יִרְבָּץ וְעֵגֶל וּכְפִיר וּמְרִיא יַחְדָּו וְנַעַר קָטֹן נֹהֵג בָּם׃‎‎

     And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

2. (slang) tiger

• חָתוּל נְמֵרִי‎ (khatúl n'merí)

• “נמר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

• נמר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he