זרח

Hebrew

Root
ז־ר־ח (z-r-kh)
8 terms

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /zaːˈraħ/, [zaːˈraħ]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /zɔˈraħ/, [zɔːˈʀaːħ]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /zaˈʁaχ/

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Verb

זָרַח • (zarákh) (pa'al construction) (intransitive)

1. to shine (emit light)
   • 12th century, Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, הלכות שגגות chapter 14:

     הוֹרוּ בֵּית דִּין שֶׁיָּצָא הַשַּׁבָּת לְפִי שֶׁנִּתְכַּסֵּית הַחַמָּה וְדִמּוּ שֶׁשָּׁקְעָה וְלַסּוֹף זָרְחָה הַחַמָּה אֵין זוֹ הוֹרָיָה אֶלָּא טָעוּת

     horú bet dín sheyatsá hashabát l'fí shenitkasét hakhamá v'dimú sheshak'á v'lasóf zar'khá hakhamá én zó horayá ela ta'út

     [If] the court ruled that the Sabbath had ended because the sun was covered and they thought it had sunk, and in the end the sun shone, this is not a ruling, but an error.

2. (Biblical Hebrew) to rise

Conjugation

Conjugation of זָרַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לזרוח / לִזְרֹחַ
		action noun		זְרִיחָה
		passive participle		—
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	זָרַחְתִּי		זָרַחְנוּ
	second	זָרַחְתָּ	זָרַחְתְּ	זְרַחְתֶּם1	זְרַחְתֶּן1
	third	זָרַח	זָרְחָה	זָרְחוּ
present		זוֹרֵחַ	זוֹרַחַת	זוֹרְחִים	זוֹרְחוֹת
future	first	אֶזְרַח		נִזְרַח
	second	תִּזְרַח	תִּזְרְחִי	תִּזְרְחוּ	תִּזְרַחְנָה2
	third	יִזְרַח	תִּזְרַח	יִזְרְחוּ	תִּזְרַחְנָה2
imperative		זְרַח	זִרְחִי	זִרְחוּ	זְרַחְנָה2

¹ Pronounced זָרַחְתֶּם and זָרַחְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

• מִזְרָח (“East”)

References

• H2224 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Proper noun

זֶרַח • (zérakh) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. a male given name

Further reading

• זרח on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Anagrams

• ח־ז־ר, חזר