צָחֹר ṣāḥōr – light grey

Semantic Fields: Colours
Author(s): John E. Hartley
First published: 2026-05-20
Citation: John E. Hartley, צָחֹר ṣāḥōr – light grey,
Semantics of Ancient Hebrew Database (sahd-online.com), 2026

Introduction

Grammatical type: adjective.
Occurrences: 1x HB (0/1/0); 0x Sir; 0x Qum; 0x Inscr. (Total: 1x)

Nebiim: Judg 5:10.

7. Conclusion

A.1 צָחֹר is a rare word for ‘shiny light grey’, possibly with a tint of red. It may serve as a contextualised colour lexeme for a particular breed of donkeys. From the evidence available Brenner postulates that this lexeme fell out of use since attestations of it in Rabbinic Heb. are primarily regarding this passage in Judges (Brenner 1982:118).

For this entry, see further John E. Hartley, The Semantics of Ancient Hebrew Colour Lexemes (2010), 162-164 (Printed publications).

Bibliography

For the abbreviations see the List of Abbreviations.

Brenner 1982
Athalya Brenner, Colour Terms in the Old Testament (JSOTSup, 21), Sheffield: JSOT Press.