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title: חָרַר — be hot · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָרַר (lemma:חָרַר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be hot. BDB 1906: vb. be hot, scorched, burn Qal Niph. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָרַר

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«חָרַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be hot** — 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:** lemma:חָרַר · **BDB:** חָרַר

### Glosses

it.has.become.parched (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be hot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be hot, scorched, burn Qal Niph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be hot, scorched, burn, poet. \& late (Arabic حَرٌّ be hot, burn, thirst; Ethiopic ሐረረ Aramaic חַר; cf. Assyrian arâru, glow, SASmAsrb. i, p. 97 BelserBAS ii, 155)— Pf. 3 fs. חָ֫רָה Jb 30:30, וְחָ֫רָה consec. Ez 24:11, חָ֫רוּ Is 24:6;— be hot, scorched, Jerus., under fig. of caldron Ez 24:11. burn = be burned, fig. of men, in י׳’s judgment, Is 24:6. burn, of bones of sick men in fever ח׳ מִנִּי־חֹרֶב Jb 30:30. Pf. 3 ms. נָחָ֑ר Ez 15:4, נִחַר ψ 69:4; 3 pl. נִחָ֑רוּ ψ 102:4 (Köi. 368); Impf. וַיֵּחָ֑ר Ez 15:5 יֵח֑רוּ Ez 24:10 (del. Co B al.) be scorched, of bellows מַפֻּחַ in fierce fire Je 6:29 (fig.); scorched, charred, of the vine (as fuel) Ez 15:4, 5 middle part charred, the ends devoured (אכל) by fire (sim. of inhab. of Jerus.); bones (sim. id.) Ez 24:10 (v. supr.). burn, of bones in fever ψ 102:4 (כְּמוֹקֵד, cf. Qal Jb 30:30); be parched, of throat נח׳ גרוני 69:4.—Is 41:11; 45:24 Ct 1:6 v. חרה. Niph. 1. נָחַר Je 6:29 from √ נחר snort, puff, according to Mich Ew Gf Gie al.,—not Du. Inf. לְחַרְחַר־רִיב Pr 26:21 to kindle strife.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָרַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 69:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.4/)

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יָגַ֣עְתִּי בְקָרְאִי֮ נִחַ֪ר גְּר֫וֹנִ֥י כָּל֥וּ עֵינַ֑י מְ֝יַחֵ֗ל לֵאלֹהָֽי׃

*Word for word:* I.have.become.weary by my.calling out it.has.become.parched throat my they.have.failed eyes my waiting for God my

*JPS 1917:* I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

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