שַׁחַר shachar — dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial)
Translated in the KJV as day, early, light, morning, whence riseth.
from H7836; dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial).
shachar in each stem
Pi'el
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Infinitive construct 1
שַׁחְרָ֔הּ Isa 47:11 Infinitive construct
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›