Word

זָרַח

zârach · H2224 · Hebrew · 18 occurrences

See all 18 in Search

Meanings

to rise

Process by which the sun appears in the morning to provide light and warmth to the world; associated with a new period of well-being

Examples
Deuteronomy 33:2 He said, “The LORD came from Sinai, And dawned on them from Seir; He shone from Mount Paran, And He came from the midst of myriads of holy ones; At His right hand there was flashing lightning for them.
Judges 9:33 “Then in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early and attack the city; and behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, you shall do to them whatever you can.”
2 Samuel 23:4 Is like the light of the morning when the sun rises, A morning without clouds, When the fresh grass springs out of the earth From sunshine after rain.’
to break out

Process by which a certain condition becomes gradually visible, like the rising sun

Examples
2 Chronicles 26:19 But Uzziah, with a censer in his hand for burning incense, was enraged; and while he was enraged with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests in the house of the LORD, beside the altar of incense.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

18 occurrences in 7 groups

שֶׁמֶשׁsun 10
אוֹרlight 2
Not stated: he, she or it 2
הוּאhe, she, it 1
יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 1
כָּבוֹדglory, honor 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

10 occurrences in 14 groups

Other words · 14 groups that occur once or twice (16) 16

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 2 groups

לֹאnot 1
שָׁםthere 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

כlike/as 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

In the other Testament 1 word

ἀνατέλλω anatéllō · G393 · to come up, to move upward, to rise: Greek ἀνατέλλω specifically denotes celestial rising (sun, stars, light dawning), directly rendering Hebrew זָרַח's primary sense of luminous bodies emerging above the horizon.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Move002002001012: זָרַח denotes rising, most commonly of the sun, as the sun rose upon Jacob when he passed Penuel.
Happen002002003003: The word also marks a temporal onset, an event or condition beginning as soon as something rises, as the guilt of bloodshed depends on whether the sun has risen.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

זָרַחzârach · H2224מִזְרָח mizrâch · H4217 · east, eastern, easterly · 74×אֶזְרָח ʼezrâch · H249 · native-born, citizen, native tree · 17×זֶרַח zerach · H2225 · dawn, sunrise · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2224. zarach זָרַח verb rise, come forth (Late Hebrew id., Assyrian zarâ—u DlPr 180;…

H2224. zarach
זָרַח verb rise, come forth (Late Hebrew id., Assyrian zarâ—u DlPr 180; Sabean דֿרח lofty, majestic (of king) and in compound proper name DHMZMG 1875, 605; 1883, 327 MordtZMG 1876, 37) —
Qal Perfect ׳ז Deu 33:2; Psa 112:4; זָרָ֑ח Isa 60:1; וְזָרַח consecutive Isa 58:10; Ecc 1:5; Ecc 1:3feminine singular זָרְחָה Exo 22:2-3t.; וְזָרְָֽחָה consecutive Malachi 3:20; Imperfect יִזְרַח 2Sa 23:4; Isa 60:2; יִזְרָ֑ח Job 9:7; וַיִּזְרַח Gen 32:32; Gen 32:3feminine singular תִּזְרח Psa 104:22; Infinitive construct זְרֹחַ Jdg 9:33; Joel 4:8; Participle זוֺרֵחַ Ecc 1:5; —
1 rise:
a. (of sun) Jdg 9:33; Nah 3:7; 2Sa 23:4; Jon 4:8; Job 9:7; Psa 104:22; Ecc 1:5 (twice in verse); followed by על Exo 22:2 (JE), 2Ki 3:22; followed by לְ Gen 32:32 (J).
b. figurative, followed by צְדָקָה שֶׁמֶשׁ לְ, Malachi 3:20; of לָמוֺ מִשֵּׂעִיר וְזָרַח ׳י, Deu 33:2; followed by על, Isa 60:2 (|| יראה כבודו); י ׳כבוד Isa 60:1; subject אוֺד, figurative ( = happiness, blessedness) Isa 58:10; Psa 112:4 (followed by לְ).
2 come out, appear, of appearance of leprosy (הַצָּרַ֫עַת) 2Ch 26:19.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Move17 occurrences Happen1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0