שַׁחַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7837

dawn — used 23 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

dawn tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שַׁ֫חַר: n.m. dawn tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Gn 19:15 dawn;—abs. שׁ׳ 1 S 9:26 +, שָׁ֑חַר Ju 19:25 +; הַשַּׁחַר Gn 19:15; Ps 22:1;—dawn, c. עָלָה rise Gn 19:15; 32:25, 27; Jos 6:15 (all J), Ju 19:25; 1 S 9:26; Ne 4:15; Jon 4:7; opp. עֵיפָה Am 4:13; as adv. at dawn ψ 57:9 = 108:3; עַפְעַפֵּי־שׁ׳ Jb 3:9; 41:10; כַּנִפֵי־שׁ׳ ψ 139:9; 110:3 read prob. רֶחֶם שׁ׳ (v. מִשְׁחָר infr.); שׁ׳ also Jb 38:12, in sim. Ho 6:3 (but read כְּשַׁחֲרֵנוּ כֵּן נִמְצָאֵהוּ as inf., v. following, GieBeitr. 208 We Now GASm Marti), Is 58:8; Ct 6:10; Jo 2:2 (al. blackness, ‖ עָנָן וַעֲרָפֶל); בֶּן־שׁ׳ Is 14:12 (of star, fig. of royal splendour;—lit. as myth RSK 300); אֵין לוֹ שׁ׳ Is 8:20 is obscure, so also בַּשּׁ׳ Ho 10:15 (We in storm, i.e. בַּשַּׂעַר).—Is 47:11 usually, but improbably, dawn (origin) of calamity: JHMich Hi Ew Röd (Thes) De Di al. charm away (RVm) (Arabic سَحَرَ enchant (WeHeid. 2. 159, 200), سِحْرٌ enchantment [= Sab. סחר DHMHofmus. 24. 1]); but v. [שָׁחַד]. Also צֶרֶת הַשַּׁחַר v. p. 886.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: dawn (14); of dawn (4); [the] dawn (3).

In the verses

Psalms 139:9 · tree →

אֶשָּׂ֥א כַנְפֵי־שָׁ֑חַר אֶ֝שְׁכְּנָ֗ה בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית יָֽם׃

Word for word: I.will.rise.up [the].wings of.dawn I.dwell at.[the] end of.[the].sea

JPS 1917: If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

Psalms 108:3 · tree →

ע֭וּרָֽה הַנֵּ֥בֶל וְכִנּ֗וֹר אָעִ֥ירָה שָּֽׁחַר׃

Word for word: awake O lyre and harp I.will.waken [the].dawn

JPS 1917: Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of its meanings: every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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