שחר

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־ח־ר (š-ḥ-r)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

שַׁחַר • (shákhar, šáḥar) 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 אֹורֶךָ 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

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	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

Anagrams

• חרש