תַּחָרָה
tachara · compete
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8474 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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tachara (תַּחָרָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “compete”.
To compete, to vie with someone in a race.
How to say it
ta·cha·ra
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
- To match oneself against another to win.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Jeremiah 12:5
If with men on foot you have run and they have wearied you, how will you compete with the horses? And in a land of peace you feel secure, but how will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?
- Jeremiah 22:15
Will you reign because you compete in cedar? Your father, did he not eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.