יַעַר, (b. h.) forest. B. Kam. 32ᵇ (ref. to Deut. XIX, 5) ומה י׳ וכ׳ when in the case of unintentional homicide in the forest where each entered of his own accord &c.; Sifré Deut. 182 מה י׳ רשות וכ׳ as in the case … in the forest, both had a right to enter. Cant. R. to III, 4, v. יְאוֹר; a. fr.—[יער, יאר = עור, אור, to break forth, applied to vegetation, water-course and light (cmp. נָהָר a. נְהוֹרָא); cmp. יְאוֹר a. Sam. יאר Gen. I, 11 for h. דשא.]