שָׁחַר
Used: 12 times · Key: 7836 · BDB: שָׁחַר²
Glosses
I (2); they (2); [one.who].seeks.diligently (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
look early tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb.denom. look early, diligently tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb.denom. look early, diligently for (late; orig. look for dawn);— Pt. שֹׁחֵר טוֹב Pr 11:27 (‖ בִּקֵּשׁ, דָּרַשׁ), elsewhere c. acc. (sf.) Pf. 3 ms. sf. שִׁחֲרוֹ מוּסָר Pr 13:24 seeks him early (with) discipline (chastises him betimes); 2 ms. sf. consec. וְשִׁחַרְתַּ֫נִי וְאֵינֶנִּי Jb 7:21; lit. Inf. לְשַׁחֵר פָּנֶיךָ Pr 7:15; of wild asses, Pt. מְשַׁחֲרֵי לַטָּ֑רֶף Jb 24:5 (Ges§ 130 u) seeking eagerly for their food; usually of seeking God (י׳) earnestly, Pf. וְשִׁחֲרוּ־אֵל ψ 78:34 (‖ דָּרַשׁ), Impf. 2 ms. תְּשַׁהֵר אֶל־אֵל Jb 8:5 (si vera l.), 3 mpl. sf. יְשַׁחֲרֻנְנִי (Ges§ 60 e) Ho 5:15 (‖ בִּקֵּשׁ), + 6:3 (v. שַׁחַר), and, acc. wisdom, Pr 1:28, Pt. sf. מְשַׁחֲרַי Pr 8:17; seek with longing, long for (י׳), אֲשַׁחֲרֶ֑ךָּ Is 26:9 ψ 63:2.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «שָׁחַר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
אִם־אַ֭תָּה תְּשַׁחֵ֣ר אֶל־אֵ֑ל וְאֶל־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י תִּתְחַנָּֽן׃
Word for word: if you you.will.seek.earnestly (to) God and to [the].Almighty you.will.seek.favor
JPS 1917: If thou wouldest seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
אֲ֭נִי אֹהֲבַ֣י אֵהָ֑ב וּ֝מְשַׁחֲרַ֗י יִמְצָאֻֽנְנִי׃
Word for word: I [those who].love.me I.love and [those who].seek.me.earnestly they find.me
JPS 1917: I love them that love me, and those that seek me earnestly shall find me.
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