---
title: חִוָּר — white · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חִוָּר (lemma:חִוָּר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: white. BDB 1906: adj. white. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d7_5b4_5d5_5b8_5bc_5e8.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Biblical Aramaic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/) / [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1495.md)‎ / חִוָּר‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=arc -->
# חִוָּר

<!-- .meta -->
«חִוָּר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **white** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:חִוָּר · **BDB:** חִוָּר

### Glosses

\[was\].white (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

white [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b4_5d5_5b8_5bc_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. white [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b4_5d5_5b8_5bc_5e8/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** adj. white (𝔗 Syriac; BH I. \[חָוַר\]);—Dn 7:9 (robe).

### Jastrow 1903

חֲוַר: to be white, to shine Pa. to be bright, to look with gratification to whiten, wash, cleanse Part. pass blanched to make evident, to prove it is proven, obvious to make white [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b4_5d5_5b8_5bc_5e8/#m3)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole Jastrow entry:** to be white, to shine. Targ. Joel I, 7. Targ. O. Gen. XLIX, 12 יְחִוְּרַן ed. Berl. (ed. Lsb. יַחְוְרָן, oth. ed. יְחַוְּ׳). Targ. Is. I, 18 (some ed. Pa.); a. e.—Keth. 61ᵇ top דחֲוַור אפיה that he looked pale. B. Kam. 69ᵃ כי היכי דנִיחֲוַור טפי that it may appear still more white (glistening from a distance). Naz. 39ᵃ, sq. חַוְורִין עיקבי נימהון the lower ends of dyed hair are white (which proves that the growth comes from beneath); a. fr. (of eyes) to be bright, to look with gratification. Targ. Prov. XXIII, 33. Ib. XVII, 24 חָיְירָן Ms. (ed. חדיין, v. חדי). \[Ib. IV, 25, emend. by Luzzatto Oheb Ger p. 108, v., however, אוֹר I ch.\]—Kidd. 39ᵃ לא חַוְורִיתוּ you do not see clearly (the law is not clear to you). to whiten, wash, cleanse. Targ. II Sam. XIX, 25; a. fr.—B. Mets. 60ᵇ חַוְּורֵיה וכ׳, v. דְּקַן. Ḥull. 95ᵇ top מְחַוֵּור, v. חֲלַל II. \[Y. Taan. IV, 69ᵇ bot. מרוח, read מְחַוֵּר or מִחְוַר to wash.\]—Part. pass. מְחַוַּור, f. מְחַוְּוָרא blanched. Targ. Y. Ex. IV, 6. to make evident, to prove. Gen. R. s. 27 דמְחַוֵּור וכ׳ which will prove it better; Yalk. Koh. 968.—מְחַוַּורְתָּא it is proven, obvious. Ḥull. 117ᵃ. Pes. 55ᵇ; a. fr. to make white. B. Kam. 85ᵇ ואַחְוְורֵיה לבשריה and it (the corrodent) made his skin look white (like a leper’s; Var. v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.). B. Mets. 58ᵇ באַחְוְורֵי אפי (they guard against) whitening faces (putting persons to shame); Yalk. Ex. 349.

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech differs, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (23 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חִוָּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b4_5d5_5b8_5bc_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Daniel 7:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.9/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=arc -->
חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֗ית עַ֣ד דִּ֤י כָרְסָוָן֙ רְמִ֔יו וְעַתִּ֥יק יוֹמִ֖ין יְתִ֑ב לְבוּשֵׁ֣הּ ׀ כִּתְלַ֣ג חִוָּ֗ר וּשְׂעַ֤ר רֵאשֵׁהּ֙ כַּעֲמַ֣ר נְקֵ֔א כָּרְסְיֵהּ֙ שְׁבִיבִ֣ין דִּי־נ֔וּר גַּלְגִּלּ֖וֹהִי נ֥וּר דָּלִֽק׃

*Word for word:* seeing I.was until that thrones they.were.placed and.\[one\] ancient of.days he.sat clothing his like snow \[was\].white and the.hair of his.head like wool \[was\].pure throne his \[was\].flames (diy).of fire wheels its \[were\].fire burning

*JPS 1917:* I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his raiment was as white snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [חוה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d7_5d5_5d4.md)
- next →: [חֲזָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5d6_5b8_5d4.md)
- ↑ back to [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1495.md)