Hebrew

Noun

שַׁחַר • ‎(shakhar) m ‎(plural indefinite שְׁחָרִים, singular construct שַׁחַר־, plural construct שַׁחֲרֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. dawn (time)
   • Isaiah 58:8, with translation of the New International Version:

     אָז יִבָּקַע כַּשַּׁחַר אֹורֶךָ וַאֲרֻכָתְךָ מְהֵרָה תִצְמָח […] ‎

     Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; […]

   • 1930, Rachel the Poetess, In My Garden I Planted You

     וּמִשַּׁחַר עַד לַיְלָה \ לֹא יִשְׁקֹט, לֹא יַרְגִּיעַ הַגָּן –

     And from dawn till night / It will not quiet, it will not calm the garden –

Declension

Derived terms

• שַׁחֲרִית ‎(shakharít)

Anagrams

• חרש