צֹהַרtsôhar
צֹ֫הַר: midday, noon, when sun mounts its highest
Pronunciation: tso'-har · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6672
Meanings
1. noon, as a specific time of day (1 Kings 18:29; Genesis 43:16; Genesis 43:25)
2. noon, as bright, simile of happiness, blessing (Isaiah 58:10; Psalms 37:6; Job 11:17)
צֹ֫הַר: probably roof (Genesis 6:16)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 24 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 6:16 Leave an 18-inch opening below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper.
- Genesis 43:16 When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the manager of his household, “These men will eat with me this noon. Take them inside the palace. Then go slaughter an animal, and prepare a big feast.”
- Genesis 43:25 They were told they would be eating there, so they prepared their gifts for Joseph’s arrival at noon.
- Deuteronomy 28:29 You will grope around in broad daylight like a blind person groping in the darkness, but you will not find your way. You will be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will come to save you.
- 2 Samuel 4:5 One day Recab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon from Beeroth, went to Ishbosheth’s house around noon as he was taking his midday rest.
- 1 Kings 18:26 So they prepared one of the bulls and placed it on the altar. Then they called on the name of Baal from morning until noontime, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no reply of any kind. Then they danced, hobbling around the altar they had made.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).