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title: שָׁחַר — be black · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁחַר (7835), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be black. BDB 1906: vb. be black. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁחַר

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«שָׁחַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be black** — 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:** 7835 · **BDB:** שָׁחַר

### Glosses

it.has.become.black (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be black [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7835/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be black [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7835/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be black (NH שָׁחוֹר and deriv., black, blackness, etc., Ecclus 25:17 Hiph. make black; Aramaic שְׁחַר (Jastr Dalm), Aph. grow black, so ܫܚܰܪ, ܫܘܽܚܳܪܳܐ coal; JägerBAS ii. 295 cp. Assyrian šûru, coal); Pf. שׁ׳, of skin Jb 30:30.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁחַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7835/), 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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