שָׁחַר

I. שָׁחַר verb be black (Late Hebrew שָׁחוֺר and derivatives, black, blackness, etc., Eccl 25:17 Hiph`il make black; Aramaic שְׁחַר (Jastrow Dalm), Aph`el grow black, so , coal; Jäger^{BAS ii. 295} compare Assyrian šûru, coal, šurinnu, fire-pot); — ׳שׁ, of skin Job 30:30.

שִׁיחוֺר proper name, of a river on border of Egypt, probably east branch of Nile; — ׳הַשּׁ Josh 13:3, מִצְרַיִם ׳שׁ 1Chr 13:5 clearly = Nile, זֶרַע שִׁחֹר Isa 23:3 (|| יְאוֺר קְצִיר), מֵי שִׁחוֺר Jer 2:18 compare Dl^{Pa 311} Wilson^{Hast. DB SHIHOR} (usually derived from I. שׁחר, as black water, but doubtful).