צָרַח

tsarach · raise a war cry

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6873 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

tsarach (צָרַח) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “raise a war cry”.

To raise a war cry, to shout shrilly.

How to say it

tsa·rach

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To shout loudly when going into battle.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • he will raise the war cry ×1
  • raises the war cry ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Isaiah 42:13

    YHWH like a mighty man will go out; like a man of wars he will stir up zeal; he will shout, indeed, he will raise the war cry; against his enemies he will show himself mighty.

  • Zephaniah 1:14

    Near is the great day of YHWH, near and hastening greatly; the sound of the day of YHWH: bitterly there the mighty man raises the war cry.