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title: זָרַח — rise · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָרַח (2224), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 18 times: rise. BDB 1906: vb. rise, come forth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָרַח

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«זָרַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rise** — 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:** 18 times · **Key:** 2224 · **BDB:** זָרַח

### Glosses

it.rises (4); it.will.rise (2); \[is\].rising (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2224/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. rise, come forth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2224/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. rise, come forth (NH id., Assyrian zarâḫu DlPr180; Sab. דֿרח lofty, majestic (of king) and in cpd. n.pr. DHMZMG 1875, 605; 1883, 327 MordtZMG 1876, 37)— Pf. ז׳ Dt 33:2 ψ 112:4; זָרָ֑ח Is 60:1; וְזָרַח consec. Is 58:10 Ec 1:5; 3 fs. זָרְֽחָה Ex 22:2 + 3 times; וְזָֽרְחָה consec. Mal 3:20; Impf. יִזְרַח 2 S 23:4 Is 60:2; יִזְרָ֑ח Jb 9:7; וַיִּזְרַח Gn 32:32; 3 fs. תִּזְרַח ψ 104:22; Inf. cstr. זְרֹחַ Ju 9:33 Jo 4:8; Pt. זוֹרֵחַ Ec 1:5;— rise: (of sun) Ju 9:33 Na 3:17 2 S 23:4 Jon 4:8 Jb 9:7 ψ 104:22 Ec 1:5(×2); sq. על Ex 22:2 (JE), 2 K 3:22; sq. לְ Gn 32:32 (J). fig., sq. לְ, שֶׁמֶשׁ צְדָקָה Mal 3:20; of י׳, וְזָרַח מִשֵּׂעִיר לָמוֹ Dt 33:2; sq. על, Is 60:2 (‖ כבודו יראה); כבוד י׳ Is 60:1; subj. אוֹר, fig. (= happiness, blessedness) Is 58:10 ψ 112:4 (sq. לְ). come out, appear, of appearance of leprosy (הַצָּרַ֫עַת) 2 Ch 26:19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָרַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2224/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 104:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.22/)

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תִּזְרַ֣ח הַ֭שֶּׁמֶשׁ יֵאָסֵפ֑וּן וְאֶל־מְ֝עוֹנֹתָ֗ם יִרְבָּצֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* it.rises the sun they gather and into dens their they lie.down

*JPS 1917:* The sun ariseth, they slink away, and couch in their dens.

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[Job 9:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.7/)

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הָאֹמֵ֣ר לַ֭חֶרֶס וְלֹ֣א יִזְרָ֑ח וּבְעַ֖ד כּוֹכָבִ֣ים יַחְתֹּֽם׃

*Word for word:* the.\[one who\].speaks to the sun and not it.shines and behind \[the\].stars he.puts.a.seal

*JPS 1917:* Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

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