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title: חָרַר — be hot · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָרַר (2787), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: be hot. BDB 1906: vb. be hot, scorched, burn Qal Niph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָרַר

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«חָרַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be hot** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 2787 · **BDB:** חָרַר

### Glosses

it.has.been.charred (1); it.has.burned (1); it.is.charred (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be hot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2787/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be hot, scorched, burn Qal Niph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2787/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be hot, scorched, burn, poet. \& late (Arabic حَرٌّ be hot, burn, thirst; Ethiopic ሐረረ Aramaic חַר; cf. Assyrian arâru, glow, SASmAsrb. i, p. 97 BelserBAS ii, 155)— Pf. 3 fs. חָ֫רָה Jb 30:30, וְחָ֫רָה consec. Ez 24:11, חָ֫רוּ Is 24:6;— be hot, scorched, Jerus., under fig. of caldron Ez 24:11. burn = be burned, fig. of men, in י׳’s judgment, Is 24:6. burn, of bones of sick men in fever ח׳ מִנִּי־חֹרֶב Jb 30:30. Pf. 3 ms. נָחָ֑ר Ez 15:4, נִחַר ψ 69:4; 3 pl. נִחָ֑רוּ ψ 102:4 (Köi. 368); Impf. וַיֵּחָ֑ר Ez 15:5 יֵח֑רוּ Ez 24:10 (del. Co B al.) be scorched, of bellows מַפֻּחַ in fierce fire Je 6:29 (fig.); scorched, charred, of the vine (as fuel) Ez 15:4, 5 middle part charred, the ends devoured (אכל) by fire (sim. of inhab. of Jerus.); bones (sim. id.) Ez 24:10 (v. supr.). burn, of bones in fever ψ 102:4 (כְּמוֹקֵד, cf. Qal Jb 30:30); be parched, of throat נח׳ גרוני 69:4.—Is 41:11; 45:24 Ct 1:6 v. חרה. Niph. 1. נָחַר Je 6:29 from √ נחר snort, puff, according to Mich Ew Gf Gie al.,—not Du. Inf. לְחַרְחַר־רִיב Pr 26:21 to kindle strife.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָרַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2787/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 30:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.30/)

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ע֭וֹרִישָׁחַ֣ר מֵעָלָ֑י וְעַצְמִי־חָ֝֗רָה מִנִּי־חֹֽרֶב׃

*Word for word:* skin my it.has.become.black from on me and bone my it.has.burned from heat

*JPS 1917:* My skin is black, and falleth from me, and my bones are burned with heat.

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[Psalms 102:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.102.4/)

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כִּֽי־כָל֣וּ בְעָשָׁ֣ן יָמָ֑י וְ֝עַצְמוֹתַ֗י כְּמוֹ־קֵ֥דמוֹ־קֵ֥ד נִחָֽרוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) they.have.come.to.an.end in smoke days my and bones my like a.hearth they.have.been.burned

*JPS 1917:* For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth.

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