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title: חָוַר — be white · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָוַר (2357), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be white. BDB 1906: vb. be grow white, pale. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָוַר

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«חָוַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be 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.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2357 · **BDB:** חָוַר

### Glosses

they.will.grow.pale (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be white [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2357/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be grow white, pale [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2357/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be or grow white, pale (Arabic حَوِرَ be white, حَوَرٌ whiteness, Aramaic ܚܘܰܪ, חֲוַר be white)—only Impf. 3 mpl. וְלֹא עַתָּה פָּנָיו יֶחֱוָ֑רוּ Is 29:22 (‖ לֹא עַתָּה יֵבוֹשׁ יַעֲקֹב).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (21 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (14 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָוַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2357/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 29:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.22/)

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לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב אֲשֶׁ֥ר פָּדָ֖ה אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֑ם לֹֽא־עַתָּ֤ה יֵבוֹשׁ֙ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וְלֹ֥א עַתָּ֖ה פָּנָ֥יו יֶחֱוָֽרוּ׃

*Word for word:* therefore thus he.says Yahweh to the.house of.Jacob who he.redeemed (et) Abraham not now it.will.be.ashamed Jacob and not now face its they.will.grow.pale

*JPS 1917:* Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale;

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