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title: שָׁחַר — look early · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁחַר (7836), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: look early. BDB 1906: vb.denom. look early, diligently. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁחַר

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«שָׁחַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **look early** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 7836 · **BDB:** שָׁחַר²

### Glosses

I (2); they (2); \[one.who\].seeks.diligently (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

look early [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7836/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. look early, diligently [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7836/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. look early, diligently for (late; orig. look for dawn);— Pt. שֹׁחֵר טוֹב Pr 11:27 (‖ בִּקֵּשׁ, דָּרַשׁ), elsewhere c. acc. (sf.) Pf. 3 ms. sf. שִׁחֲרוֹ מוּסָר Pr 13:24 seeks him early (with) discipline (chastises him betimes); 2 ms. sf. consec. וְשִׁחַרְתַּ֫נִי וְאֵינֶנִּי Jb 7:21; lit. Inf. לְשַׁחֵר פָּנֶיךָ Pr 7:15; of wild asses, Pt. מְשַׁחֲרֵי לַטָּ֑רֶף Jb 24:5 (Ges§ 130 u) seeking eagerly for their food; usually of seeking God (י׳) earnestly, Pf. וְשִׁחֲרוּ־אֵל ψ 78:34 (‖ דָּרַשׁ), Impf. 2 ms. תְּשַׁהֵר אֶל־אֵל Jb 8:5 (si vera l.), 3 mpl. sf. יְשַׁחֲרֻנְנִי (Ges§ 60 e) Ho 5:15 (‖ בִּקֵּשׁ), + 6:3 (v. שַׁחַר), and, acc. wisdom, Pr 1:28, Pt. sf. מְשַׁחֲרַי Pr 8:17; seek with longing, long for (י׳), אֲשַׁחֲרֶ֑ךָּ Is 26:9 ψ 63:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 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/1513/7836/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 8:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.5/)

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אִם־אַ֭תָּה תְּשַׁחֵ֣ר אֶל־אֵ֑ל וְאֶל־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י תִּתְחַנָּֽן׃

*Word for word:* if you you.will.seek.earnestly (to) God and to \[the\].Almighty you.will.seek.favor

*JPS 1917:* If thou wouldest seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

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[Proverbs 8:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.17/)

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אֲ֭נִי אֹהֲבַ֣י אֵהָ֑ב וּ֝מְשַׁחֲרַ֗י יִמְצָאֻֽנְנִי׃

*Word for word:* I \[those who\].love.me I.love and \[those who\].seek.me.earnestly they find.me

*JPS 1917:* I love them that love me, and those that seek me earnestly shall find me.

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