H6707 H6707
scorched land, parched desert ground
This noun denotes land that has been scorched or parched by heat. The root suggests extreme dryness, beyond what rain can relieve. Psalm 68:6 uses it to describe the desolate places where God settles the rebellious. The Spanish 'sequedad' and French 'terre desséchée' both capture the sense of thoroughly dried earth, land too parched to support life.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Land that is scorched and dried to the point of desolation. Psalm 68:6 describes God making rebels dwell 'in a parched land,' suggesting barren desert as both geographical reality and divine judgment. This goes beyond normal aridity to describe earth burned and hardened, inhospitable to human habitation. 1×
AR["في-الجَفافِ"]·ben["শুকনো-ভূমিতে।"]·DE["in-ein-parched-Land"]·EN["in-a-parched-land"]·FR["terre-desséchée"]·heb["צחיחה"]·ID["di-tanah-yang-gersang"]·IT["[צחיחה]"]·jav["ing-siti-garing"]·KO["메마른-땅-에서"]·PT["em-terra-seca"]·RU["в-пустыне-выжженной"]·ES["en-sequedad"]·SW["nchi-kavu"]·TR["kavruk-toprak"]·urd["خشک-زمین-میں"]
Related Senses
H4325 1. water, waters (582×)H6965b 1. Qal: to rise, arise, get up (432×)H2091 1. gold (the metal) (389×)H0068 1. stone, rock (material/object) (267×)H5178a 1. bronze/copper as metal (131×)H6083 1. dust, dry earth, soil (108×)H8313 1. burn, set fire to (94×)H2734 1. anger was kindled (82×)G5204 1. water (80×)H2822 1. darkness, absence of light (80×)G5457 1. light (illumination) (71×)G0450 1. rise, stand up (physical) (69×)H6965b 2. Qal: to stand firm, endure, be valid (50×)H6999a 2. burn sacrifice on altar (Hifil) (45×)H5553 1. rock, cliff (physical feature) (43×)H6965b 4. Hifil: to establish, confirm (covenant/kingdom/word) (40×)H1197a 1. burn, be on fire (39×)H4306 1. rain, showers (38×)H1653 1. rain, precipitation (34×)G4655 1. darkness (30×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† צְחִיחָה n.f. scorched land;—צ׳ ψ 68:7.