שָׁרָב
sharav · burning heat; mirage
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8273 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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sharav (שָׁרָב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “burning heat; mirage”.
The glowing, shimmering heat over the sand; the mirage.
How to say it
sha·rav
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
- Land baked by the sun, where the air shimmers like water.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- burning sand ×1
- scorching ground ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Isaiah 35:7
And the burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the abode of jackals, its lair, grass will become reed and papyrus.
- Isaiah 49:10
They will not hunger nor thirst, and neither the scorching ground nor the sun will strike them; for he who has compassion on them will lead them, and by springs of water he will guide them.