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# זֹהַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2096

**shining** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

shining [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2096/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זֹ֫הַר: shining, brightness [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2096/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] shining, brightness (Arabic زُهْرَةٌ, NH זְהוֹר, cf. Aramaic זִיהֲרָא);—abs. Ez 8:2 כְּמַרְאֵה ז׳ like an appearance of shining (explained, v b, as resembling amber, חַשְׁמַל cf. 1:27); also cstr. Dn 12:3 v. foregoing.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of brightness (1); the shining (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 12:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.12.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.12.3/#tree)

וְהַ֨מַּשְׂכִּלִ֔ים יַזְהִ֖רוּ כְּזֹ֣הַר הָרָקִ֑יעַ וּמַצְדִּיקֵי֙ הָֽרַבִּ֔ים כַּכּוֹכָבִ֖ים לְעוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃פ

*Word for word:* and \[those who\].have.insight they.will.shine like the.shining of the.firmament and \[those.who\].turn.to.righteousness (of).the many.\[people\] like the stars forever of.perpetuity and ever

*JPS 1917:* And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn the many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

[Ezekiel 8:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.8.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.8.2/#tree)

וָאֶרְאֶ֗ה וְהִנֵּ֤ה דְמוּת֙ כְּמַרְאֵה־אֵ֔שׁ מִמַּרְאֵ֥ה מָתְנָ֛יו וּלְמַ֖טָּה אֵ֑שׁ וּמִמָּתְנָ֣יו וּלְמַ֔עְלָה כְּמַרְאֵה־זֹ֖הַר כְּעֵ֥ין הַחַשְׁמַֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* and I.saw and there! a.likeness like.\[the\] appearance of.fire \[was\].from the.appearance his.hips his and (to) downwards fire and.\[was\] from hips his and (to) upwards like.\[the\] appearance of.brightness like the.appearance of (to \[the\].shining.substance

*JPS 1917:* Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of electrum.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2096.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2096/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).