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title: שָׁחֹר — black · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁחֹר (7838), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: black. BDB 1906: adj. black. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁחֹר

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«שָׁחֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **black** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 7838 · **BDB:** שָׁחֹר

### Glosses

black (5); \[am\].black (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

black [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7838/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. black [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7838/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. black;—שׁ׳ of hair Lv 13:31, 37 (P), so fpl. שְׁחֹרוֹת Ct 5:11; of skin, fs. שְׁחוֹרָה 1:5; of horses, mpl. שְׁחֹרִים Zc 6:2, 6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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 «שָׁחֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7838/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 5:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.11/)

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רֹאשׁ֖וֹ כֶּ֣תֶם פָּ֑ז קְוּצּוֹתָיו֙תַּלְתַּלִּ֔ים שְׁחֹר֖וֹת כָּעוֹרֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* head his \[is\].gold of.pure.gold locks his \[are\].curls black like (the) raven

*JPS 1917:* His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are curled, and black as a raven.

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[Song of Songs 1:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.5/)

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שְׁחוֹרָ֤ה אֲנִי֙ וְֽנָאוָ֔ה בְּנ֖וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם כְּאָהֳלֵ֣י קֵדָ֔ר כִּירִיע֖וֹת שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[am\].black I and lovely O.daughters of.Jerusalem like the.tents of.Kedar like the.tent.curtains of.Solomon

*JPS 1917:* 'I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

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