שַׁ֫חַר
sha.char
“dawn”
Definition
dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial)
from H7836 (שָׁחַר);
- dawn 1a) dawn 1b) at dawn (as adverb)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
שַׁ֫חַר appears 17 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
They got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went outside together.
Thus it will be done to you, O Bethel,because of your great wickedness.When the day dawns,the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.
But disaster will come upon you;you will not know how to charm it away.A calamity will befall youthat you will be unable to ward off.Devastation will happen to yousuddenly and unexpectedly.
But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.
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