HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8273
שָׁרָב
sha.rav — scorching
burning or scorching heat, parched ground
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Parched ground
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
(Isa. 35:7), Heb. sharab, a “mirage”, a phenomenon caused by the refraction of the rays of the sun on the glowing sands of the desert, causing them suddenly to assume the appearance of a beautiful lake. It is called by the modern Arabs by the same Hebrew name serab.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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