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title: זֹהַר — shining · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זֹהַר (2096), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: shining. BDB 1906: shining, brightness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זֹהַר

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«זֹהַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shining** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 2096 · **BDB:** זֹ֫הַר

### Glosses

of.brightness (1); the.shining (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shining [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2096/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

shining, brightness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2096/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] shining, brightness (Arabic زُهْرَةٌ, NH זְהוֹר, cf. Aramaic זִיהֲרָא);—abs. Ez 8:2 כְּמַרְאֵה ז׳ like an appearance of shining (explained, v b, as resembling amber, חַשְׁמַל cf. 1:27); also cstr. Dn 12:3 v. foregoing.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זֹהַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2096/), 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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[Ezekiel 8:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.8.2/)

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וָאֶרְאֶ֗ה וְהִנֵּ֤ה דְמוּת֙ כְּמַרְאֵה־אֵ֔שׁ מִמַּרְאֵ֥ה מָתְנָ֛יו וּלְמַ֖טָּה אֵ֑שׁ וּמִמָּתְנָ֣יו וּלְמַ֔עְלָה כְּמַרְאֵה־זֹ֖הַר כְּעֵ֥ין הַחַשְׁמַֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* and I.saw and there! a.likeness like.\[the\] appearance of.fire \[was\].from the.appearance his.hips his and (to) downwards fire and.\[was\] from hips his and (to) upwards like.\[the\] appearance of.brightness like the.appearance of (to \[the\].shining.substance

*JPS 1917:* Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of electrum.

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