צהר
TWOT
1883
(
√ of foll.;
cf.
Arabic
ظَﻩَرَ
(ẓahara) appear, mount
,
ظَﻩْرٌ
(
ẓahrun
)
back
,
ظَﻩِيرَةٌ
(
ẓahīratun
)
midday;
Assyrian
ṣêru
(
TelAm.
zu˒ru
, etc.),
back;
Aramaic
טִיהֲרָא
,
ܛܰܗܪܳܐ
(
ṭahro
) MI:15
הצהרם
,
midday;
Lag
BN 129;
> Kö
ii 1, 93 (
cf.
The
s)
=
shine
,
||
זהר
,
NH
Hiph. (rare), for this is in Aramaic
צהר
(rare)
)
;
הִצְהִיר
Ecclus
43:3
is denom. from
צהרים
.
• I . [ צֹ˜הַר S 6672 TWOT 1883a, 1883b GK 7415 ] n. [ m. ] only pl. צָהֳרַ˜יִם
midday, noon , Dt 28:29 +, צָהֳרָ˜יִם Gn 43:16 + ( when sun mounts its highest; on form as expanded pl. (not du.) v. Ges § 88 c and reff. ) ;—usually 1. noon as a specif. time of day, 1 K 18:29 ; especially בַּצּ׳ at noon Gn 43:1 6, 25 Am 8:9 1 K 18:2 7; 20:16 Ct 1:7 (resting-time for flock), Je 6:4 ( opp. evening);
בְּעֵת צ׳
Je 20:16
(dist. from morning) as time of supposed security
Je 15:8 Zp 2:4
; also
מֵהַבֹּקֶר וְעַד הַצּ׳
1 K 18:2
6,
עַד־הַצּ׳
2 K 4:2
0; without
ב
, as
adv.
,
צ׳
as time of prayer
ψ 55:18
(
+
בֹּקֶר
,
עֶרֶב
); as time of wasting
קֶטֶב
91:
6;
מִשְׁכַּב הַצּ׳
2 S 4:5
noonday repose
.
2.
noon
, as bright,
sim.
of happiness, blessing,
Is 58:10
(
opp.
אֲפֵלָה
),
ψ 37:6
(
||
כָּאֹור
);
cf.
Jb 11:17
(
Ges
§ 133 e);
v.
also
בְּתֹוךְ הַצּ׳
Is 16:3
(
opp.
צִלֵּךְ
);
בַּצּ׳
Dt 28:29 Is 59:10 Jb 5:1
4.
• II . צֹ˜הַר S 6672 TWOT 1883a, 1883b GK 7415 n.f. prob. roof ( cf.Arabic Assyrian TelAm. back; > Thes Di al. light , window ) ;— לַתֵּבָה צ׳ תַּעֲשֶׂה Gn 6:16 .
• I . יִצְהָר S 3323, 3324 TWOT 1883c GK 3658, 3659 n. [ m. ] fresh oil ( newly appeared, cf. ‘Ausbruch’ Lag BN 129 Kö ii 1, 93; > Thes al. that which shines ) ;— abs. יִצ׳ Ho 2:10 +, sf. יִצְהָרֶ˜ךָ Dt 7:13 +;— fresh oil , as product of land, in unmanufactured state, usually + תִּירֹושׁ , דָּגָן etc., rich possession, gift of י׳ Ho 2:10 , 24 Je 31:12 Dt 7:1 3; 11:14 Jo 2:1 9, 24 , so חֵלֶב יִצ׳ Nu 18:1 2; Dt 28:51 Hg 1:11 2 Ch 32:28 Ne 5:1 1; tithed Dt 12:17 ; 14:23 ; firstfruits for priest 18:4 Ne 10:38 cf. v 40 13:5 (tithe for Levites), v 1 2, for priest and Levite 2 Ch
Ecclus Ecclesiasticus; Ecclus, Oxford ed., = Heb. Fragments of Ecclesiasticus, edd. Neubauer and Cowley.