נָעַר
nāʿar
shake
Strong's H5287VerbHebrewTWOT 1388

נָעַר (nāʿar) is a Hebrew verb meaning shake. It appears 11 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5287).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1388)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1388)shake, shake out, off; shake thyself, free; tumble; overthrow, toss up and down
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נָעַר verb: shake, shake out, off

Strong's H5287 נָעַר: to tumble about
KJV:shake (off, out, self), overthrow, toss up and down.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Judges 16:20Nehemiah 5:13Job 38:13

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