זרח

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Hebrew

Root
ז־ר־ח (z-r-ḥ)

Pronunciation

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Verb

זָרַח • (zarách) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction) (intransitive)

  1. to shine (emit light)
    • 12th century, Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, הלכות שגגות chapter 14:
      הוֹרוּ בֵּית דִּין שֶׁיָּצָא הַשַּׁבָּת לְפִי שֶׁנִּתְכַּסֵּית הַחַמָּה וְדִמּוּ שֶׁשָּׁקְעָה וְלַסּוֹף זָרְחָה הַחַמָּה אֵין זוֹ הוֹרָיָה אֶלָּא טָעוּת
      horú beit dín sheyatsá hashabát l'fí shenitkasét hakhamá v'dimú sheshak'á v'lasóf zar'khá hakhamá 'éin zó horayá ela ta'út
      the court ruled that the Sabbath had ended because the sun was covered and they thought it had sunk, and in the end the sun shone, this is not a ruling, but an error.
  2. (Biblical Hebrew) to rise

Conjugation

Conjugation of זָרַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first זָרַחְתִּי זָרַחְנוּ
second זָרַחְתָּ זָרַחְתְּ זְרַחְתֶּם1 זְרַחְתֶּן1
third זָרַח זָרְחָה זָרְחוּ
present זוֹרֵחַ זוֹרַחַת זוֹרְחִים זוֹרְחוֹת
future first אֶזְרַח נִזְרַח
second תִּזְרַח תִּזְרְחִי תִּזְרְחוּ תִּזְרַחְנָה2
third יִזְרַח תִּזְרַח יִזְרְחוּ תִּזְרַחְנָה2
imperative זְרַח זִרְחִי זִרְחוּ זְרַחְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced זָרַחְתֶּם and זָרַחְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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Proper noun

זֶרַח • (zérakh) m

  1. a male given name

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