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title: שַׁחַר — dawn · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁחַר (7837), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: dawn. BDB 1906: n.m. dawn. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁחַר

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«שַׁחַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dawn** — 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:** 23 times · **Key:** 7837 · **BDB:** שַׁ֫חַר

### Glosses

dawn (14); of.dawn (4); \[the\].dawn (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dawn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7837/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. dawn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7837/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 19:15 dawn;—abs. שׁ׳ 1 S 9:26 +, שָׁ֑חַר Ju 19:25 +; הַשַּׁחַר Gn 19:15; Ps 22:1;—dawn, c. עָלָה rise Gn 19:15; 32:25, 27; Jos 6:15 (all J), Ju 19:25; 1 S 9:26; Ne 4:15; Jon 4:7; opp. עֵיפָה Am 4:13; as adv. at dawn ψ 57:9 = 108:3; עַפְעַפֵּי־שׁ׳ Jb 3:9; 41:10; כַּנִפֵי־שׁ׳ ψ 139:9; 110:3 read prob. רֶחֶם שׁ׳ (v. מִשְׁחָר infr.); שׁ׳ also Jb 38:12, in sim. Ho 6:3 (but read כְּשַׁחֲרֵנוּ כֵּן נִמְצָאֵהוּ as inf., v. following, GieBeitr. 208 We Now GASm Marti), Is 58:8; Ct 6:10; Jo 2:2 (al. blackness, ‖ עָנָן וַעֲרָפֶל); בֶּן־שׁ׳ Is 14:12 (of star, fig. of royal splendour;—lit. as myth RSK 300); אֵין לוֹ שׁ׳ Is 8:20 is obscure, so also בַּשּׁ׳ Ho 10:15 (We in storm, i.e. בַּשַּׂעַר).—Is 47:11 usually, but improbably, dawn (origin) of calamity: JHMich Hi Ew Röd (Thes) De Di al. charm away (RVm) (Arabic سَحَرَ enchant (WeHeid. 2. 159, 200), سِحْرٌ enchantment \[= Sab. סחר DHMHofmus. 24. 1\]); but v. \[שָׁחַד\]. Also צֶרֶת הַשַּׁחַר v. p. 886.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 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 «שַׁחַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7837/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 139:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.9/)

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אֶשָּׂ֥א כַנְפֵי־שָׁ֑חַר אֶ֝שְׁכְּנָ֗ה בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית יָֽם׃

*Word for word:* I.will.rise.up \[the\].wings of.dawn I.dwell at.\[the\] end of.\[the\].sea

*JPS 1917:* If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

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[Psalms 108:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.108.3/)

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ע֭וּרָֽה הַנֵּ֥בֶל וְכִנּ֗וֹר אָעִ֥ירָה שָּֽׁחַר׃

*Word for word:* awake O lyre and harp I.will.waken \[the\].dawn

*JPS 1917:* Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn.

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