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# זָהַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2094

**be light** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

be light [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2094/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זָהַר: vb. be light, shining [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2094/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be light, shining (Arabic زَهَرَ, زَهُرَ shine, adj. اَزْهَرُ bright (cf. LagBN 120); Aramaic זְהַר, ܙܗܰܪ; NH in deriv.; v. also sub II. זהר)— intrans. (late) send out light, shine, fig. of everlasting glory of teachers of righteousness: וְהַמַּשְׂכִּלִים יַזְהִרוּ כְּזֹהַר הָרָקִיעַ Dn 12:3 and they that make wise shall shine like the shining of the firmament (‖ וּמַצְדִּיקֵי הָרַבִּים כַּכּוֹכָבִים לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they will shine (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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2094.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2094/): 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).