שרב
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Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
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| שׁ־ר־ב (sh-r-b) |
Compare with Classical Syriac ܫܪܒܐ (šrb, šwrbˀ, “hot wind, simoom”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃaˈʁav/
Noun
שָׁרָב • (sharáv) m (plural indefinite שְׁרָבִים, singular construct שְׁרַב־, plural construct שַׁרְבֵי־)
- A heat wave.
- Tanach, Isaiah 49:10, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- לֹא יִרְעָבוּ וְלֹא יִצְמָאוּ וְלֹא־יַכֵּם שָׁרָב וָשָׁמֶשׁ כִּי־מְרַחֲמָם יְנַהֲגֵם וְעַל־מַבּוּעֵי מַיִם יְנַהֲלֵם׃
- lo yir'ávu v'lo yitsmá'u v'lo yakém sharáv vashémesh ki m'rakhamám y'nahagém v'ál mabu'é máyim y'nahalém
- They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; for He that hath compassion on them will lead them, even by the springs of water will He guide them.
- a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 106b:
- הַצָּד חֲגָבִים בִּשְׁעַת הַטַּל — פָּטוּר, בִּשְׁעַת הַשָּׁרָב — חַיָּיב.
- hatsád khagavím bish'át hatal — patúr, bish'át hasharáv, khayáv.
- One who captures locusts at the time of dew is exempt; at the time of heat-wave he is liable.
- (שְׁרַב־, sh'ráv-) singular construct state form of שָׁרָב (sharáv).
Related terms
- (adjective) שְׁרָבִי (sh'raví, “of or relating to hot and dry weather”)