Word

תָּאַר

tâʼar · H8388 · Hebrew · 8 occurrences

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Meanings

to make a turn

Process by which an imaginary line makes a turn in another direction

Examples
Joshua 15:9 And from the top of the mountain the border turned to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, then the border turned to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
Joshua 15:11 Then the border proceeded to the side of Ekron northward. And the border turned to Shikkeron and continued to Mount Baalah and proceeded to Jabneel, and the border ended at the sea.
Joshua 18:14 And the border changed direction from there and turned around on the west side southward, from the hill which lies opposite Beth-horon southward; and it ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the west side.
to mark out

Causative action by which someone uses a tool, such as a stylus or a compass to draw a curved line

Examples
Isaiah 44:13 The craftsman of wood extends a measuring line; he outlines it with a marker. He works it with carving knives and outlines it with a compass, and makes it like the form of a man, like the beauty of mankind, so that it may sit in a house.

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

8 occurrences in 3 groups

גְּבוּלborder, territory 4
Not stated: he, she or it 3
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 1 groups

וֹhim 2

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

מִןfrom+ צָפוֹןnorth 1
בin/on/with+ מְחוּגָהcompass 1
בin/on/with+ שֶׂרֶדstylus 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

רִמּוֹןRimmono 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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Near synonyms 1 word

חָקָה châqâh · H2707 · to carve, to portray, to put a mark: Both words denote marking or delineating actions, carved or portrayed in one case and drawn or marked out in the other, overlapping in the sense of depicting or outlining.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Turn002002001020: This verb denotes a boundary changing direction, as in Joshua 15:9's description of the border turning from the mountaintop to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.
Write002001001072: The verb also denotes marking out or delineating a boundary line, as in Joshua 18:14's account of the border changing direction and being marked out on the west side.

Word family 2 words

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

תָּאַרtâʼar · H8388תֹּאַר tôʼar · H8389 · form, appearance · 15×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8388. ta 'ar תָּאַר verb apparently incline (perhaps akin to תּוּר Thes; > Buhl…

H8388. ta
'ar תָּאַר verb apparently incline (perhaps akin to תּוּר Thes; > Buhl denominative from תֹּאַר, q. v. ); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ת, subject boundary: Jos 18:14, with ה locative Jos 15:9 b. 11; with עַל ֗֗֗ מִן Jos 15:9 a; with מִן only, Jos 18:17; probably also with accusative of location Jos 19:13 (read הַנֵּעָה וְתָאַר רִמּ֫וֺנָה to Rimmon, and it inclined to Ne`;a Di Steuern Benn and others). See also [תָּאַר]
Pi`el below
[תָּאַר] verb Pi`el denominative draw in outline, trace out; — Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יְתָֽאֲרֵ֫הוּ Isa 44:13 (twice in verse) (both with ב instrumental), of shaping idols; for ᵑ02masculine plural תְּתָאוּ Num 34:7-8, CheEncy. Bib. 2109 proposes תְּתָאֲרוּ ye shall trace out (the boundary; with וְתֵאַרְתֶּם for וְהִתְאַוִּיתֶם Num 34:10); see also תוה תאה,.
תַּאֲרֵעַ see תַּחֲרֵעַ below חרע p. 357.
תְּאַשּׁוּר see below [אָשַׁר] p. 81.

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

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Write2 occurrences Turn6 occurrences

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