Lexical Definition

‎חָרַר‎ chârar (khaw-rar') to scorch ^H:V
a primitive root

be angry, burn, dry, kindle.

• to glow, i.e. literally (to melt, burn, dry up) or figuratively (to show or incite passion)

1) to burn, be hot, be scorched, be charred
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be hot, be scorched
1a2) to burn, be burned
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be scorched, be burned
1b2) to burn
1b3) to be dry, be angry
1c) (Pilpel) to cause to burn

See Greek: ἐκλείπω · θερμαίνω · ταραχή

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: cha.rakh (‎ח‎ֲ‎ר‎ַ‎ך‎ְ "to singe" חֲרַךְ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎חָרַר‎] verb be hot, scorched, burn poet. & late (Arabic be hot, burn, thirst; Ethiopic Aramaic ‎חַר‎; compare Assyrian arâru, glow, SASm^{Assurbanipal i. p. 97} Belser^{BAS ii. 155}) —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎חָ֫רָה‎ Job 30:30, ‎וְחָ֫רָה‎ consecutive Ezek 24:11, ‎חָ֫רוּ‎ Isa 24:6 —

1. be hot, scorched, Jerusalem, under figure of caldron Ezek 24:11.

2. burn = be burned, figurative of men, in ‎׳‎‎י‎'s judgement, Isa 24:6.

3. burn, of bones of sick men in fever ‎מִנִּיחֹֿרֶב‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Job 30:30. Niph`al Perfect ‎נָחַר‎ Jer 6:29, ‎נָחָ֑ר‎ Ezek 15:4, ‎נִחַר‎ Ps 69:4* 3 plural ‎נִחָ֑רוּ‎ Ps 102:4* (Kö^{i. 368}); Imperfect ‎וַיֵּחָ֑ר‎ Ezek 15:5 ‎יֵחָ֑רוּ‎ Ezek 24:10 (strike out Co B and others)

1. be scorched, of bellows ‎מַפֻּחַ‎ 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) Ezek 15:4; Ezek 15:5 middle part charred, the ends devoured (‎אכל‎) by fire (simile of inhabitants of Jerusalem); bones (simile id.) Ezek 24:10 (see above).

2. burn, of bones in fever Ps 102:4* (‎כְּמוֺקֵד‎, compare Qal Job 30:30); be parched, of throat ‎גרוני‎ ‎׳‎‎נח‎ Job 69:4. — Isa 41:11; Isa 45:24; Song 1:6 see ‎חרה‎. Pilpel Infinitive ‎לְחַרְחַררִֿיב‎ Prov 26:21 to kindle strife.

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