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title: זָהַר — be light · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָהַר (2094), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be light. BDB 1906: vb. be light, shining. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָהַר

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«זָהַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be light** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2094 · **BDB:** זָהַר

### Glosses

they.will.shine (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be light [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2094/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be light, shining [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2094/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be light, shining (Arabic زَهَرَ, زَهُرَ shine, adj. اَزْهَرُ bright (cf. LagBN 120); Aramaic זְהַר, ܙܗܰܪ; NH in deriv.; v. also sub II. זהר)— intrans. (late) send out light, shine, fig. of everlasting glory of teachers of righteousness: וְהַמַּשְׂכִּלִים יַזְהִרוּ כְּזֹהַר הָרָקִיעַ Dn 12:3 and they that make wise shall shine like the shining of the firmament (‖ וּמַצְדִּיקֵי הָרַבִּים כַּכּוֹכָבִים לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָהַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2094/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 12:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.12.3/)

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וְהַ֨מַּשְׂכִּלִ֔ים יַזְהִ֖רוּ כְּזֹ֣הַר הָרָקִ֑יעַ וּמַצְדִּיקֵי֙ הָֽרַבִּ֔ים כַּכּוֹכָבִ֖ים לְעוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃פ

*Word for word:* and \[those who\].have.insight they.will.shine like the.shining of the.firmament and \[those.who\].turn.to.righteousness (of).the many.\[people\] like the stars forever of.perpetuity and ever

*JPS 1917:* And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn the many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

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