---
title: צַחַר — reddish-gray · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צַחַר (6713), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: reddish-gray. BDB 1906: reddish-gray, tawny. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6713.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [צ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1510.md)‎ / צַחַר‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# צַחַר

<!-- .meta -->
«צַחַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **reddish-gray** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6713 · **BDB:** צַ֫חַר

### Glosses

of.Zahar (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

reddish-gray [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6713/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

reddish-gray, tawny [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6713/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] reddish-gray, tawny;—צֶמֶר צָ֑חַר Ez 27:18 wool of reddish-gray, tawny wool, or (Hi-Sm Krae), of land Ṣachar (si vera l.; Co del. צחר as dittogr.).

<!-- .note -->
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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צַחַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6713/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Ezekiel 27:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.18/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
דַּמֶּ֧שֶׂק סֹחַרְתֵּ֛ךְ בְּרֹ֥ב מַעֲשַׂ֖יִךְ מֵרֹ֣ב כָּל־ה֑וֹן בְּיֵ֥ין חֶלְבּ֖וֹן וְצֶ֥מֶר צָֽחַר׃

*Word for word:* Damascus \[was\].your trader in.\[the\] abundance your.products your from.\[the\] abundance of.all wealth for the.wine of.Helbon and wool of.Zahar

*JPS 1917:* Damascus was thy merchant for the multitude of thy wealth, by reason of the multitude of all riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [צְחֹק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6712.md)
- next →: [צֹחַר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6714.md)
- ↑ back to [צ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1510.md)