צחור

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Hebrew

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Root
צ־ח־ר (ts-kh-r)

Adjective

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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

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