צָהֳרַיִם

ṣohŏrayim
Hebrew · noun
variant צָהֳרָ֑יִם : ṣohŏrāyim
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-25
Meanings
Literal translation
two noons
Categories
point in time
Related Lemmata 1 ›

1. noon

1.a noon point in time

וְהָיָ֣ה ׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וְהֵבֵאתִ֥י הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם וְהַחֲשַׁכְתִּ֥י לָאָ֖רֶץ בְּי֥וֹם אֽוֹר׃

wəhāyāh bayyôm hahûʾ nəʾum ʾăd̲ōnāi YHWH wəhēb̲ēʾt̲î haššemeš baṣṣohŏrāyim wəhaḥăšak̲tî lāʾāreṣ bəyôm ʾôr.

‘And in that day —declares the Sovereign GOD— I will make the sun set at noon, I will darken the earth on a sunny day.’

— Amos 8 9

Genre: religious text

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). צָהֳרַיִם (Lemma #2570). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2570/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). צָהֳרַיִם (Lemma #2570). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2570/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). צָהֳרַיִם (Lemma #2570). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2570/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) צָהֳרַיִם (Lemma #2570), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2570/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2570,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {צָהֳרַיִם ({Lemma} #2570)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2570/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2570/},
}