ש־ח־ר

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šaḥ(a)r- (“dawn, morning”). Cognate with Arabic س ح ر (s ḥ r).

Root

ש־ח־ר • (s-ḥ-r)

1. Related to tarnishing, blackening.
2. Related to rising
3. Related to dawn
4. Related to light

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׁ־ח־ר (0 c, 7 e)

Further reading

• “ש־ח־ר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• “ש־ח־ר”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
• A. Murtonen (1989) “ʃXR”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 418
• Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 651