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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אֹור

אֹור

H215

Transliteration: ʼôwr

Pronunciation: ore

Definition: [idiom] break of day


Original: אור

Transliteration: 'ôr

Phonetic: ore

BDB Definition:

  1. to be or become light, shine
    1. (Qal)
      1. to become light (day)
      2. to shine (of the sun)
      3. to become bright
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to be illuminated
      2. to become lighted up
    3. (Hiphil)
      1. to give light, shine (of sun, moon, and stars)
      2. to illumine, light up, cause to shine, shine
      3. to kindle, light (candle, wood)
      4. lighten (of the eyes, his law, etc)
      5. to make shine (of the face)

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 52

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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