Aramaic word · H2761

חֲרַךְ

hitcharakh

to singe

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears once in the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·

What it means

(Ithpael) to singe

Aramaic of cha.rar (חָרַר "to scorch" H2787)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Daniel · 1

  1. Daniel 3:27 הִתְחָרַ֔ךְ it was singed

    and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.

    Here: "Was singed" in a passive form: the light surface burning of hair or skin. This is the only occurrence in biblical Aramaic. Not even the least damage happened.

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