זָרַח
za.rach (H2224)
to rise
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The Hebrew word H2224, za.rach, is a verb that means "to rise." This action can be physical or metaphorical, encompassing a range of movements such as ascending, rising up, or coming to light. The word is part of the semantic domain of Movement & Travel, indicating its connection to physical or metaphorical displacements. Za.rach appears 18 times in the Hebrew Bible, suggesting its importance in conveying actions related to ascension, emergence, or increase. Its usage varies from a literal reference to the sun rising (e.g., Job 26:10, Psalm 50:1) to figurative descriptions of individuals or groups achieving greater prominence or awareness (e.g., Exodus 19:11, Psalm 104:3). The word's range of usage reflects its versatility in describing changes in position, status, or state. The significance of H2224, za.rach, lies in its contribution to understanding themes of spiritual growth, enlightenment, or divine revelation in the Hebrew Bible. Through its various occurrences, the word highlights the connection between ascension or increase and spiritual experiences, suggesting that the author aimed to convey the idea that spiritual enlightenment or transformation is often associated with rising, growing, or emerging from a previous state.
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The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.
If the sun has risen on him, he is guilty of bloodshed. He shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
He said, “Yahweh came from Sinai, and rose from Seir to them. He shone from Mount Paran. He came from the ten thousands of holy ones. At his right hand was a fiery law for them.
It shall be that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early and rush on the city. Behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you shall find occasion.”
shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.’
They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.
Then Uzziah was angry. He had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and while he was angry with the priests, the leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in Yahweh’s house, beside the altar of incense.
He commands the sun and it doesn’t rise, and seals up the stars.
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.
The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
and if you pour out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will rise in darkness, and your obscurity will be as the noonday;
“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.
For, behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you.
When the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day, but when the sun appears, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.