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# זָרַח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2224

**rise** — used 18 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

rise [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2224/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זָרַח: vb. rise, come forth [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2224/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. rise, come forth (NH id., Assyrian zarâḫu DlPr180; Sab. דֿרח lofty, majestic (of king) and in cpd. n.pr. DHMZMG 1875, 605; 1883, 327 MordtZMG 1876, 37)— Pf. ז׳ Dt 33:2 ψ 112:4; זָרָ֑ח Is 60:1; וְזָרַח consec. Is 58:10 Ec 1:5; 3 fs. זָרְֽחָה Ex 22:2 + 3 times; וְזָֽרְחָה consec. Mal 3:20; Impf. יִזְרַח 2 S 23:4 Is 60:2; יִזְרָ֑ח Jb 9:7; וַיִּזְרַח Gn 32:32; 3 fs. תִּזְרַח ψ 104:22; Inf. cstr. זְרֹחַ Ju 9:33 Jo 4:8; Pt. זוֹרֵחַ Ec 1:5;— rise: (of sun) Ju 9:33 Na 3:17 2 S 23:4 Jon 4:8 Jb 9:7 ψ 104:22 Ec 1:5(×2); sq. על Ex 22:2 (JE), 2 K 3:22; sq. לְ Gn 32:32 (J). fig., sq. לְ, שֶׁמֶשׁ צְדָקָה Mal 3:20; of י׳, וְזָרַח מִשֵּׂעִיר לָמוֹ Dt 33:2; sq. על, Is 60:2 (‖ כבודו יראה); כבוד י׳ Is 60:1; subj. אוֹר, fig. (= happiness, blessedness) Is 58:10 ψ 112:4 (sq. לְ). come out, appear, of appearance of leprosy (הַצָּרַ֫עַת) 2 Ch 26:19.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it rises (4); it will rise (2); \[is\] rising (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 104:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.22/#tree)

תִּזְרַ֣ח הַ֭שֶּׁמֶשׁ יֵאָסֵפ֑וּן וְאֶל־מְ֝עוֹנֹתָ֗ם יִרְבָּצֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* it.rises the sun they gather and into dens their they lie.down

*JPS 1917:* The sun ariseth, they slink away, and couch in their dens.

[Job 9:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.7/#tree)

הָאֹמֵ֣ר לַ֭חֶרֶס וְלֹ֣א יִזְרָ֑ח וּבְעַ֖ד כּוֹכָבִ֣ים יַחְתֹּֽם׃

*Word for word:* the.\[one who\].speaks to the sun and not it.shines and behind \[the\].stars he.puts.a.seal

*JPS 1917:* Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2224.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2224/): 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).