Lexical Definition

‎קָדַר‎ qâdar (kaw-dar') be dark ^H:V
a primitive root

be black(-ish), be (make) dark(-en), [idiom] heavily, (cause to) mourn.

• to be ashy, i.e. darkcolored
• by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)

1) to mourn, be dark
1a) (Qal) to be dark
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to darken
1b2) to cause to mourn
1c) (Hithpael) to grow dark

See Greek: ἀπόλλυμι · ἀπορία · πενθέω · σκοτόω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קָדַר‎ verb be dark (dull-coloured, compare Arabic be dirty (on = ‎ד‎ see Nö^{ZMG xl (1886), 729}); Late Hebrew Hiph`il (of face) shew gloom; ‎ᵑ7‎^J ‎קְדַר‎ be dark); —

Qal Perfect consecutive ‎וְקָדַר‎ Mic 3:6 1 singular ‎קָדַרְתִּי‎ Jer 8:21, etc.; Participle ‎קֹדֵר‎ Ps 35:14 +; plural ‎קֹדְרִים‎ Job 5:11; Job 6:16 — be dark, of sky Jer 4:28 (leaden-coloured, as with clouds, see Hithpa`el), of sun and moon Joel 2:10; Joel 4:15* figurative of lack of revelation from ‎׳‎‎י‎, ‎עֲלֵיהֶם הַיּוֺם‎ ‎׳‎‎וְק‎ Mic 3:6 of turbid stream Job 6:16 figurative of mourning (probably be squalid, of neglected person and dress of mourner, compare 2Sam 19:25*) Jer 8:21; Jer 14:2 (‎לָאָרֶץ‎, metaphor of gates); Job 5:11; Job 30:28 (‎בְּלֹא חַמָּה‎), Ps 35:14; Ps 38:7*; Ps 42:10*; Ps 43:2.

Hiph`il 1. darken: Perfect 1 singular consecutive ‎וְהִקְדַּרְתִּי‎ Ezek 32:7 (object stars), compare Imperfect 1 singular suffix ‎אַקְדִּירֵם עָלֶיךָ‎ Ezek 32:8.

2. cause to mourn ‎וָאַקְדִּר עָלָיו לְבָנוֺן‎ Ezek 31:15. Hithpa`el Perfect 3 plural ‎וְהַשָּׁמַיִם הִתְקַדְּרוּ עָבִים‎ 1Kgs 18:45 and the heavens grew dark with clouds.

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