H6706 H6706
bare rock, shining rock surface, exposed and smooth stone
A term for a bare, smooth rock surface—exposed, glaring, and without vegetation or cover. Ezekiel uses it four times in chapters 24 and 26, describing bare rock where blood is placed visibly (24:7-8) and predicting that Tyre will become a bare rock for spreading nets (26:4, 14). Nehemiah 4:7 (Qere) may refer to exposed, open places. The image is desolation: rock stripped of soil, plant life, or any covering—stark and bare.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Ezekiel 24:7-8 twice uses 'bare rock' (צְחִיחַ סֶלַע) as the place where Jerusalem's blood was poured out—not on dust-covered ground, but on exposed rock that cries out for vengeance. Ezekiel 26:4, 14 prophesy that Tyre will become a 'bare rock,' a desolate place for fishermen to spread nets. Spanish peña (rock) and peña desnuda (bare rock) capture the exposed, barren quality. 4×
AR["صَخْرَةً", "صَلْدَةِ"]·ben["উজ্জ্বল", "খালি-"]·DE["[לצחיח]", "[צחיח]"]·EN["bare"]·FR["sommet"]·heb["ל-צחיח", "צחיח"]·ID["batu-", "batu-gundul", "batu-karang-"]·IT["[לצחיח]", "[צחיח]"]·jav["padhang"]·KO["민둥-", "번드르르한", "번득르르한"]·PT["rocha-nua"]·RU["была", "голой", "обнажённую"]·ES["peña", "peña-desnuda-de"]·SW["kuwa-mwamba", "safi-ya"]·TR["çıplak", "çıplak-"]·urd["بَ-چٹان", "چٹان"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [צָחִיחַ] n.[m.] shining, glaring, surface cstr. צְחִיחַ סֶלַע i.e. a smooth, bare, rock Ez 24:7, 8; 26:4, 14; pl. בַּצְּחִיחִים Ne 4:7 Qr (Kt בַּצְּחִחִיִים), in glaring, bare places (?).