צחור

Hebrew

Root
צ־ח־ר (ts-kh-r)

Adjective

צָחוֹר • (tzákhor) (feminine צְחוֹרָה, masculine plural צְחוֹרִים, feminine plural צְחוֹרוֹת)

1. (literary) white
   • 1990, Sophocles, translated by Aharon Shabtai, אַנְטִיגוֹנֵה [antigoneh, Antigone], lines 112–113:

     […] וְהוּא בָּא כְּעַיִּט צוֹרֵחַ, \ נוֹצָתוֹ צְחוֹרָה כַּשֶׁלֶג […]

     […] and, like shrill-screaming eagle, he flew over into our land, in snow-white pinion sheathed, […]

References

• “צחור” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language