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zhr (a/a) vb. to shine
GDC
Gpəˁalto shine1 sense▶
to shine
Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, Syr, LJLA
11QtgJob 30.4=38:7↗ במזהר [٠٠٠‏ : [=MT בְּרָן־יַחַד !] ; TgJ Is13:10↗ אְרֵי כוֹכְבֵי שְמַיָא וֻנפִילֵיהוֹן לָא יַזהְרוּן נֵיהוֹרְהוֹן‏ : for the heavenly stars and their constellations shall not shine their light ; TgJ Is35:1var.↗ וְיִזהְרוּן כְשוֹשַנַיָא‏ : they shall shine like lilies ; OS MtCur13:43↗ ̈ ܗܝܕܝܢ ܙܕܝ̈ܩܐ ܢܙܗܪܘܢ ܐܝܟ ܫܡܫܐ ܒܡܠܟܘܬܗ ܕܐܒܘܗܘܢ‏ : then shall the righteous shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom ; TgJob22:28↗ ועל אורחתך י{ו}<ז>הר נהורא‏
Dpaˁˁelto illumine1 sense▶
to illumine
Man
Cˀafˁelto shine3 senses▶
1
to shine
JLAtg, Syr, LJLA
TgJ Is9:1↗ יָתְבִין בַאְרַע טוּלֵי מוֹתָא נְהוֹרָא אַזהַר עְלֵיהוֹן‏ : those who dwell in the land of the shadows of death--light shone upon them ; P StDan(1)12:3 ↗ ܢܗܘܘܢ ܡܙܗܪܝܢ/ܘܡܢܗܪܝܢ/ ܘܩ݁ܝܡܝܢ ܐܝܟ ܟܘܟ̈ܒܐ‏ ; P Mk9:3↗ ܘܡܲܙܗܲܪ ܗܼܘܵܐ ܠܒ݂ܘ݂ܫܸܗ‏ ; TgTosPr Judges.5:31↗ ורחמוהי צדיקיא יהון עתידין לאזהרא כזיהור יקריה וכזיהור סיהרא דאזיל ותקיף וכשמשא דעתידה לאזהרא כזיהור יקריה‏
(1)
to glow
Syr
Phokas 86↗ ܘܡܙܗܪܐ ܗܘܬ ܗܝ ܒܢܐ ܐܝܟ ܢܚܫܐ ܡܢ ܢܘܪܐ‏ : that bathhouse was glowing like bronze from the fire
2
fig.: to flourish
JLAtg, Syr
TgJ Zec9:15↗ וִיהוֹן מַזהֲרִין כִדמָא דְמַזהַר עַל כוֹתַל מַדבְחָא‏ : they shall shine like the blood that shines on the side of the altar
3
to make shine
CPA, LJLA
Nisan1 31↗ בְּיַרְחָא קַדְמָאָה סִ̊הֲ̊רָא אַסְהַר לְ̊אַ̊דִּירַיָּא‏ : in the first month He made the moon shine for the mighty ones
§Form & Usage▶
LJLA var. סהר , just as zhr and shr can both be used for "moon"; q.v.
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C (ˀafˁel)
✎Notes & Bibliography▶
DJPA3 171a.
Etymologically, zhr is related to śhr "moon" and thus originally referred to a bright light shining through the darkness.
The late Mandaic spelling DHR is thought to be based on Arabic ظهر rather than simply a hyper-correcting spelling.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 368[190]Jastrow: 382Drower/Macuch: 164aJ. Payne-Smith: 111Levy Ch-W: 1:212DCPA[Schulthess]: 108[]Qumran: 70
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