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ז־ר־ח (z-r-kh)

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זָרַח (zarách) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction) (intransitive)

  1. to shine (emit light)
    • 12th century, Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, הלכות שגגות chapter 14:
      הוֹרוּ בֵּית דִּין שֶׁיָּצָא הַשַּׁבָּת לְפִי שֶׁנִּתְכַּסֵּית הַחַמָּה וְדִמּוּ שֶׁשָּׁקְעָה וְלַסּוֹף זָרְחָה הַחַמָּה אֵין זוֹ הוֹרָיָה אֶלָּא טָעוּת
      horú beit dín sheyatsá hashabát l'fí shenitkasét hakhamá v'dimú sheshak'á v'lasóf zar'khá hakhamá 'éin zó horayá ela ta'út
      [If] the court ruled that the Sabbath had ended because the sun was covered and they thought it had sunk, and in the end the sun shone, this is not a ruling, but an error.
  2. (Biblical Hebrew) to rise

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זֶרַח (zérakhm [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. a male given name

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