Lexical Definition

‎צֹהַר‎ tsôhar (tso'-har) midday ^H:N-M
from ‎צָהַר‎

midday, noon(-day, -tide), window.

• a light (i.e. window)
• dual double light, i.e. noon

n m
1) noon, midday
1a) noon (as specific time of day)
1b) noon (in simile as bright of happiness, blessing)
n f
2) roof
2a) meaning dubious

See Greek: μεσημβρία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎צֹ֫הַר‎] [noun masculine] only plural ‎צָהֳרַ֫יִם‎ midday, noon, Deut 28:29+, ‎צָהֳרָ֑יִם‎ Gen 43:16 +(when sun mounts its highest; on form as expanded plural (not dual) see Ges^{«GKC:88c»§ 88c} and references); — usually

1. noon as a specific time of day, 1Kgs 18:29 especially ‎׳‎‎בַּצּ‎ at noon Gen 43:16; Gen 43:25; Amos 8:9; 1Kgs 18:27; 1Kgs 20:16; Song 1:7 (resting-time for flock), Jer 6:4 (opposed to evening); ‎׳‎‎בְּעֵת צ‎ Jer 20:16 (distinguished from morning) as time of supposed security Jer 15:8; Zeph 2:4 also ‎׳‎‎מֵהַבֹּקֶר וְעַד הַצּ‎ 1Kgs 18:26, ‎׳‎‎עַדהַֿצּ‎ 2Kgs 4:20 without ‎ב‎, as adverb, ‎׳‎‎צ‎ as time of prayer Ps 55:18* (+‎בֹּקֶר‎, ‎עֶרֶב‎); as time of wasting ‎קֶטֶב‎ Ps 91:6 ‎׳‎‎מִשְׁכַּב הַצּ‎ 2Sam 4:5 noonday repose.

2. noon, as bright, simile of happiness, blessing, Isa 58:10 (opposed to ‎אֲפֵלָה‎), Ps 37:6 (|| ‎כָּאוֺר‎); compare Job 11:17 (Ges^{«GKC:133e»§ 133e}); see also ‎׳‎‎בְּתוֺךְ הַצּ‎ Isa 16:3 (opposed to ‎צִלֵּךְ‎); ‎׳‎‎בַּצּ‎ Deut 28:29; Isa 59:10; Job 5:14.

II. ‎צֹ֫הַר‎ noun feminine probably roof (compare Arabic, Assyrian, Tel Amarna back; > Thes Di and others light, window); — ‎תַּעֲשֶׂה‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ ‎לַתֵּבָה‎ Gen 6:16.

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