zarach

zaw-rakh'

Strong's 1890 spelling: zârach

“properly, to irradiate (or shoot forth beams), i.e. to rise (as the sun)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

properly, to irradiate (or shoot forth beams), i.e. to rise (as the sun); specifically, to appear (as a symptom of leprosy)

Rendered in the KJV as

arise, rise (up), as soon as it is up.

18
occurrencesin the Old Testament
14 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
16
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 18 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 16

וְזָרַ֤ח2
כִּזְרֹ֣חַ2
וְזָרַ֥ח1
וְזָרְחָ֨ה1
וַיִּֽזְרַֽח־1
זוֹרֵ֥חַֽ1
זָ֘רַ֤ח1
זָרָֽח׃1
זָרְחָ֥ה1
זָרְחָ֣ה1
זָרְחָ֨ה1
זָֽרְחָה֙1

and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 15

it rises3
and it will rise2
[is] rising1
[when] it dawns1
and he dawned1
and it rises1
and it rose1
he will dawn1
it arose1
it has dawned1
it has risen1
it shines1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 10

verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular4
verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular3
Hc/Vqq3ms2
preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)2
verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular2
conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
Hc/Vqq3fs1
Hc/Vqw3ms1
verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular1
verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HVqp3fs · 4
HVqi3ms · 3
Hc/Vqq3ms · 2
HR/Vqcc · 2
HVqp3ms · 2
HC/Vqp3ms · 1
Hc/Vqq3fs · 1
Hc/Vqw3ms · 1
HVqi3fs · 1
HVqrmsa · 1

All 18, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Isaiah3 of 18 · 17%
Psalms2 of 18 · 11%
Ecclesiastes2 of 18 · 11%
Genesis1 of 18 · 6%
Exodus1 of 18 · 6%

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Genesis1 occurrence

Genesis 32:31וַיִּֽזְרַֽח־vaiyizrach-Hc/Vqw3msThe sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.here: and it rose

Exodus1 occurrence

Exodus 22:3זָרְחָ֥הzarechahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularBut if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft.here: it has risen

Deuteronomy1 occurrence

Deuteronomy 33:2וְזָרַ֤חvezarachconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHe said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.here: and he dawned

Judges1 occurrence

Judges 9:33כִּזְרֹ֣חַkizroachpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”here: when rises

2 Samuel1 occurrence

2 Samuel 23:4יִזְרַח־yizrach-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularis like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’here: [when] it dawns

2 Kings1 occurrence

2 Kings 3:22זָרְחָ֣הzarechahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularWhen they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.here: it shone

2 Chronicles1 occurrence

2 Chronicles 26:19זָרְחָ֨הzarechahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularUzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.here: it arose

Job1 occurrence

Job 9:7יִזְרָ֑חyizrachverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularHe commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.here: it shines

Psalms2 occurrences

Ecclesiastes2 occurrences

Isaiah3 occurrences

Jonah1 occurrence

Jonah 4:8כִּזְרֹ֣חַkizroachpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”here: when arose

Nahum1 occurrence

Nahum 3:17זָֽרְחָה֙zarechahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularYour guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.here: it rises

Malachi1 occurrence

Malachi 4:2וְזָרְחָ֨הvezarechahHc/Vqq3fs“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.here: and it will rise

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