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Song of Solomon 1:5
“I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁחֹרshâchôr · shaw-khore'
H7838 · Hebrew
H7838 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, dusky, but also (absol.) jetty
- Derivation
- or שָׁחוֹר; from H7835 (שָׁחַר);
- KJV renderings
- black.
- Grammar
- שְׁחוֹרָ֤ה — adjective, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 13:31Leviticus 13:37Song of Solomon 5:11Zechariah 6:2Zechariah 6:6
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁחֹר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.