צָחַח
tsâchach · H6705 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to be brightly white
A state in which the skin of humans is extremely light in color to the extent that it reflects light, regarded as beautiful
ExamplesLamentations 4:7 Her consecrated ones were purer than snow, They shined more than milk; They were more ruddy in body than pearls of coral, Their form was like lapis lazuli.
How it’s used In 2 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: they 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom+ חָלָבmilk 1
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- Color002001001014
- This domain's connection to צָחַח is not directly illustrated among the sampled citation, which shows the word's sense of dazzling brightness rather than a specific color.
- Shine002001001053
- צָחַח means to be dazzlingly bright, as of Zion's consecrated ones once purer than snow and more dazzling than milk, now darkened in Lamentations 4:7.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6705. tsachach [צָחַח] verb be dazzling (צַחְצַח ᵑ7 polish; Syriac be scorched, Aph`el…
[צָחַח] verb be dazzling (צַחְצַח ᵑ7 polish; Syriac be scorched, Aph`el declare in writing (make clear), clarus, lucidus, fulgidus; , , smooth, plain); —
Qal Perfect3plural מֵחָלָב צַחוּ Lam 4:7 (|| מִשֶּׁלֶג זַכּוּ), they are more dazzling (i.e. whiter) than milk (of effeminate skin).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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