H2775a H2775a
sun; or place-name Heres
Either the sun as a celestial body or a geographical location name. The term appears in Job's poetic discourse about God commanding the sun not to rise. In Judges, it may refer to a place called Heres or the ascent of the sun. The word overlaps with the common Hebrew term for sun but appears in this specific form only rarely. Textual and interpretive questions surround some occurrences, with scholars debating whether certain instances refer to the celestial body or to place names. The form with he-epentheticum distinguishes it from the standard word for sun.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The sun or a place-name Heres. Job 9:7 speaks of God who 'commands the sun and it does not rise.' Judges 8:13 mentions Hachilah 'from the ascent of Heres' (or 'before the sun'), a geographical reference. Judges 14:18 contains a textual puzzle: 'before the sun set' (or possibly 'before entering the chamber'). The overlapping of celestial and geographical meanings creates interpretive challenges reflected in varied translations (Spanish sol/Heres, French soleil/Heres). 3×
AR["الشَّمْسَ", "الشَّمْسُ-الـ", "الـ-حَرَس"]·ben["-কে-সূর্য", "সেই-সূর্যাস্তের", "হেরেসের"]·DE["[לחרס]", "der-Heres", "der-Sonne"]·EN["the-Heres", "the-sun", "to-the-sun"]·FR["le-Heres", "le-soleil", "לחרס"]·heb["ה-חרס", "ה-חרסה", "ל-חרס"]·HI["सूर्य", "सूर्य-को", "हेरेस-के"]·ID["Heres", "matahari"]·IT["al-to-the-sun", "il-Heres", "il-sole"]·jav["Hérès", "dhumateng-srengenge", "srengéngé"]·KO["그-해가", "해-에게", "헤레스"]·PT["Cheres", "ao-sol", "o-sol"]·RU["Херес", "солнце", "солнцу"]·ES["Heres", "al-sol", "el-sol"]·SW["Heresi", "jua"]·TR["güneşe", "güneşin", "yokuşu"]·urd["حرس", "سورج", "سورج-سے"]
Related Senses
H8033 1. There (locative adverb) (835×)H7760a 1. put, place, set physically (444×)H8064 1. heavens / sky (329×)H5439 1. around, all around (spatial) (319×)H4057b 1. wilderness, desert region (270×)H3220 1. sea, body of water (269×)H0520a 1. cubit (unit of length) (246×)H0127 1. ground, land (territory) (210×)H3383 1. Jordan River (proper noun) (183×)G1093 1. earth, the world (176×)H5800a 1. forsake, abandon (Qal active) (166×)H8121 1. sun (celestial body) (133×)H7126 1. offer, present sacrificially (122×)H6828 1. north, cardinal direction (120×)H2351 1. outside, exterior space (119×)H5104 1. river, stream (119×)H7341 1. width, breadth (101×)G1563 1. there (95×)H7126 2. draw near, approach (95×)G2281 1. sea, large body of water (91×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. חֶ֫רֶס n.m. Ju 14:18 sun (NH id.)—abs. ח׳ Jb 9:7 (‖ כוכבים); c. ה epenth. בְּטֶרֶם יָבֹא הַחַ֫רְסָה Ju 14:18 (cf. לַיִל, לַיְלָה) before the sun could go down (but read perhaps הַחַ֫דְרָה into the (bridal) chamber StaZAW 1884, 253 ff.).