חָרַר
chârar · H2787 · Hebrew · 9 occurrences
Meanings
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to be burned, to be charred
To be partially or totally consumed as a result of having been exposed to extremely high temperatures
ExamplesEzekiel 15:4 “If it has been put into the fire for fuel, and the fire has consumed both of its ends and its middle part has been charred, is it then good for anything?
Ezekiel 15:5 “Behold, while it is intact, it is not made into anything. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it still be made into anything!
Ezekiel 24:10 “Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, Cook the meat thoroughly And mix in the spices, And let the bones be burned up.
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to burn, to ache
To be affected by a burning sensation
ExamplesJob 30:30 “My skin turns black on me, And my bones burn with fever.
Psalm 69:3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalm 102:3 For my days have ended in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
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to kindle > to cause to get worse
Literally: to kindle an event; hence: to cause to increase in intensity
ExamplesProverbs 26:21 Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious person to kindle strife.
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
9 occurrences in 7 groups
- עֶצֶםbone 3
- גָּרוֹןthroat 1
- מַפֻּחַbellows 1
- נְחֹשֶׁתbronze, copper 1
- תָּוֶךְmiddle 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רִיבdispute, cause, strife 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom+ חֹרֶבdryness 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אִישׁman, person, each 1
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.
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Semantic domains 5 entries
- Impact002001001024
- The word can denote burning with destructive force, matching the sense of consuming fire carried elsewhere by this root.
- Feel002004001001
- The word can denote a burning sensation felt in the body, as in Job 30:30's account of bones burning with fever.
- Intense002001003011
- The word denotes an intense burning or kindling, as in Proverbs 26:21's image of charcoal kindling hot embers.
- Blow002002001002
- The word can denote the fierce blowing of bellows that fans a fire, as in Jeremiah 6:29's image of bellows blowing fiercely.
- Angry002001002002
- The word can denote burning with anger, an emotional heat paralleling the literal burning this root more often describes.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2787. charar I. [חָרַר] verb be hot, scorched, burn poet. & late (Arabic be hot, burn,…
I. [חָרַר] verb be hot, scorched, burn poet. & late (Arabic be hot, burn, thirst; Ethiopic Aramaic חַר; compare Assyrian arâru, glow, SASmAssurbanipal i. p. 97 BelserBAS ii. 155) —
Qal Perfect3feminine singular חָ֫רָה Job 30:30, וְחָ֫רָה consecutive Eze 24:11, חָ֫רוּ Isa 24:6; —
1 be hot, scorched, Jerusalem, under figure of caldron Eze 24:11.
2 burn = be burned, figurative of men, in ׳יs judgement, Isa 24:6.
3 burn, of bones of sick men in fever ׳ח מִנִּיחֹֿרֶב Job 30:30.
Niph`al Perfect נָחַר Jer 6:29, נָחָ֑ר Eze 15:4, נִחַר Psa 69:4; Psa 69:3plural נִחָ֑רוּ Psa 102:4 (Köi. 368); Imperfect וַיֵּחָ֑ר Eze 15:5 יֵחָ֑רוּ Eze 24:10 (strike out Co B and others)
1 be scorched, of bellows מַמֻּחַ in fierce fire Jer 6:29 **from √ נחר snort, puff, according to Mich Ew Gf Gie and others, — Du; (figurative); scorched, charred, of the vine (as fuel) Eze 15:4-5, middle part charred, the ends devoured (אכל) by fire (simile of inhabitants of Jerusalem); bones (simile id.) Eze 24:10 (see above).
2 burn, of bones in fever Psa 102:4 (כְּמוֺקֵד, compare
Qal Job 30:30); be parched, of throat ׳נח גרוני Job 69:4. — Isa 41:11; Isa 45:24; Son 1:6 see חרה.
Pilpel Infinitive לְחַרְחַררִֿיב Pro 26:21 to kindle strife.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 5 entries
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
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