H6937

קָדַר

qa.darH:V

be dark

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

קָדַר verb be dark (dull-coloured, compare Arabic be dirty (on = ד see NöZMG xl (1886), 729); Late Hebrew Hiph`il (of face) shew gloom; ᵑ7J 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.


14 occurrences

I Kings (1), Job (3), Psalms (2), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (3), Joel (1), Micah (1)