שחר

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־ח־ר (sh-kh-r)
7 terms

שחר

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šaḥ(a)r- (“dawn, morning”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒀉𒄘𒍣𒂵 (šērum) and Arabic سَحَر (saḥar).

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaħar/, [ˈʃaħar]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaħar/, /ˈʃaːħaʀ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaχaʁ/

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Noun

שַׁחַר • (shákhar) m (plural indefinite שְׁחָרִים, singular construct שַׁחַר־, plural construct שַׁחֲרֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. dawn (time)
   • Tanach, Isaiah 58:8, with translation of the New International Version:

     אָז יִבָּקַע כַּשַּׁחַר אוֹרֶךָ וַאֲרֻכָתְךָ מְהֵרָה תִצְמָח […]

     Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; […]

   • 1930, Rachel the Poetess, In My Garden I Planted You:

     וּמִשַּׁחַר עַד לַיְלָה \ לֹא יִשְׁקֹט, לֹא יַרְגִּיעַ הַגָּן –

     And from dawn till night / It will not quiet, it will not calm the garden –

Declension

Declension of שַׁחַר

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	שַׁחַר	first	שַׁחָרִי		שַׁחָרֵנוּ
	definite	הַשַּׁחַר	second	שַׁחָרְךָ	שַׁחָרֵךְ	שַׁחַרְכֶם	שַׁחַרְכֶן
	construct	שַׁחַר־	third	שַׁחָרוֹ	שַׁחָרָהּ	שַׁחָרָם	שַׁחָרָן
plural	indefinite	שְׁחָרִים	first	שחריי / שְׁחָרַי		שְׁחָרֵינוּ
	definite	הַשְּׁחָרִים	second	שְׁחָרֶיךָ	שחרייך / שְׁחָרַיִךְ	שַׁחֲרֵיכֶם	שַׁחֲרֵיכֶן
	construct	שַׁחֲרֵי־	third	שְׁחָרָיו	שְׁחָרֶיהָ	שַׁחֲרֵיהֶם	שַׁחֲרֵיהֶן

Derived terms

• שַׁחֲרִית (shakharít)

Adjective

שָׁחֹר • (shakhór)

1. defective spelling of שחור

References

• H7837 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987), “שַׁחַר”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 651c
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903), A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1551b
• “שחר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Anagrams

• חרש