Lexical Definition

‎שָׁחֹר‎ shâchôr (shaw-khore') black ^H:A
or שָׁחוֹר shâchôwr (shawkhore'); from ‎שָׁחַר‎

black.

• properly, dusky, but also (absol.) jetty

1) black

See Greek: μέλας

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׁחֹר‎ adjective black; — ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ of hair Lev 13:31; Lev 13:37 (P), so feminine plural ‎שְׁחֹרוֺת‎ Song 5:11 of skin, feminine singular ‎שְׁחוֺרָה‎ Song 1:5 of horses, masculine plural ‎שְׁחֹרִים‎ Zech 6:2; Zech 6:6.

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