Shakhar (שחר) means dawn in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
dawn
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Shakhar.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1לשון המקראדמדומי בוקר, הזמן הסמוך לזריחת השמש.
אָז יִבָּקַע כַּשַּׁחַר אוֹרֶךָ וַאֲרֻכָתְךָ מְהֵרָה תִצְמָח
- 2שם פרטי לזכר ולנקבה.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Shakhar is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שַׁחַר
- Written without vowel points
- שחר
- Said
- shakhar
- Root
- ש־ח־ר
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Plural
- שְׂחָרִים
- Inflections
- ר' שְׂחָרִים; שַׁחַר־, ר' שַׁחֲרֵי־
- Gematria
- 508
This is how Shakhar is said in other languages.
- English
- dawn
- Russian
- заря, рассвет
- Spanish
- amanecer
These words mean the opposite of Shakhar.
- ערב
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Shakhar.
The word Shakhar is part of these phrases and sayings.
- אילת השחר
- אין לו שחר
- הילל בן שחר
- כוכב השחר
- עלה השחר
- עלות השחר
- עמוד השחר
- עפעפי שחר
- כנפי שחר
- עורר השחר
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Shakhar comes from the root ש־ח־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Shakhar in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shakhar.
What does Shakhar (שחר) mean in Hebrew?
Shakhar (שחר) means dawn. It is said shakhar, with the stress on sha.
What is the opposite of Shakhar (שחר)?
Words that mean the opposite of Shakhar (שחר) are ערב.
What rhymes with Shakhar (שחר)?
Words that rhyme with Shakhar (שחר) include סחר and נחר.
Is Shakhar (שחר) masculine or feminine?
The word Shakhar (שחר) is a masculine noun, and its plural is שְׂחָרִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שחר of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.