H2787

חָרַר

cha.rarH:V

to scorch

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 Aramaic equivalent: cha.rakh (חֲרַךְ "to singe" H2761)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. [חָרַר] verb be hot, scorched, burn poet. & late (Arabic be hot, burn, thirst; Ethiopic Aramaic חַר; compare Assyrian arâru, glow, SASmAssurbanipal i. p. 97 BelserBAS 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 (Köi. 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.


6 occurrences

Job (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (3)