Zareth-shahar — the meaning of the Hebrew name צֶרֶת הַשַּׁחַר

צֶרֶת הַשַּׁחַר

Tsereth hash-Shachar · pronounced tseh'-reth hash-shakh'-ar · Strong's H6890 · a place

Zareth-shahar means splendor of the dawn.

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צֶרֶת Tsereth (the same as, H6889) — splendor open in the lexicon ›

שַׁחַר shachar (and, H7837) — dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial) open in the lexicon ›

from the same as H6889 and H7837 with the article interposed; splendor of the dawn; Tsereth-hash-Shachar, a place in Palestine.

Josh 13:19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth–shahar in the mount of the valley, (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Joshua

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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