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Shakhor (שָׁחֹר) means black in Hebrew.

It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

שָׁחֹר
shakhor
adjective
In English

black

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ש

The dictionary gives one meaning for Shakhor.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    לשון המקראהַצֶּבַע הַכֵּהֵה בְּיוֹתֵר; צֶבַע החֹשֶׁךְ.
    בַּמֶּרְכָּבָה הָרִאשֹׁנָה סוּסִים אֲדֻמִּים וּבַמֶּרְכָּבָה הַשֵּׁנִית סוּסִים שְׁחֹרִים

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Shakhor is an adjective.

Written with vowel points
שָׁחֹר
Written without vowel points
שחור
Said
shakhor
Root
ש־ח־ר
Pattern
קָטֹל
Plural
שְׁחֹרִים
Feminine form
שְׁחֹרָה
Inflections
נ' שְׁחֹרָה; ר' שְׁחֹרִים, נ"ר שְׁחֹרוֹת; שְׁחֹר־, נ' שְׁחֹרַת־, ר' שְׁחֹרֵי־, נ"ר שְׁחֹרוֹת־
Gematria
514

This is how Shakhor is said in other languages.

English
black
Arabic
أَسْوَد
Russian
чёрный
French
noir
Spanish
negro
German
Schwarz
Yiddish
שוואַרץ

These words mean the opposite of Shakhor.

  • לבן

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These words rhyme with Shakhor.

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What does Shakhor (⁨שָׁחֹר⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Shakhor (⁨שָׁחֹר⁩) means black. It is said shakhor, with the stress on khor.

What is the opposite of Shakhor (⁨שָׁחֹר⁩)?

Words that mean the opposite of Shakhor (⁨שָׁחֹר⁩) are ⁨לבן⁩.

What rhymes with Shakhor (⁨שָׁחֹר⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Shakhor (⁨שָׁחֹר⁩) include ⁨אור⁩, ⁨עור⁩, ⁨צינור⁩, ⁨מקור⁩, ⁨אזור⁩, and ⁨בור⁩.

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.

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