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title: שַׁחֲרוּת — blackness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁחֲרוּת (7839), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: blackness. BDB 1906: n.f. blackness dawn. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁחֲרוּת

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«שַׁחֲרוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **blackness** — 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:** 7839 · **BDB:** שַׁחֲרוּת

### Glosses

hair (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

blackness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7839/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. blackness dawn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7839/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. according to DeComm. RüetschiKau blackness, viz. of hair (so 𝔗), i.e. (RV) prime of life (which Wild allows); usually dawn of youth (II. שׁחר);—Ec 11:10 (+ יַלְדוּת).

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁחֲרוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7839/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 11:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.10/)

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וְהָסֵ֥ר כַּ֙עַס֙ מִלִּבֶּ֔ךָ וְהַעֲבֵ֥ר רָעָ֖ה מִבְּשָׂרֶ֑ךָ כִּֽי־הַיַּלְד֥וּת וְהַֽשַּׁחֲר֖וּת הָֽבֶל׃

*Word for word:* and remove vexation from heart your and put.away evil from flesh your (dm) (the) youth and the.black hair \[are\].futility

*JPS 1917:* Therefore remove vexation from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity.

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