H7840 H7840
Swarthy, dark-skinned from sun exposure
The Song's beloved woman addresses the daughters of Jerusalem: 'I am swarthy.' This feminine adjective describes sun-darkened skin, with the intensive form suggesting very black or intensely dark. She attributes this to outdoor labor—'the sun has looked upon me'—implying her brothers forced her to work their vineyards while neglecting her own. Ancient beauty standards often prized lighter skin as a marker of leisure class status, so her apology and defiant 'but lovely' pushes back against such prejudice.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Appears in Song of Solomon 1:6 in the woman's self-description. The intensive form שְׁחַרְחֹרֶת suggests heightened darkness—very swarthy or deeply sunburned. The context of outdoor labor explains the tanning. Spanish 'morena' (dark-skinned woman), French 'basanée' (tanned/swarthy), German preservation all recognize this describes weather-exposed skin tone. The term conveys both physical description and social commentary—her darkness marks her as a field worker, not a sheltered daughter of privilege. 1×
AR["شْحَرْحُورِت"]·ben["কালচে"]·DE["[שחרחרת]"]·EN["swarthy"]·FR["basanée,"]·heb["שחרחורת"]·HI["काली-सी"]·ID["kehitam-hitaman"]·IT["swarthy"]·jav["cemeng-sanget"]·KO["거무스름한-것-을"]·PT["morena"]·RU["смуглая"]·ES["morena"]·SW["mweusi-kidogo"]·TR["esmerlesmiş"]·urd["سانولی"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† [שְׁחַרְחֹר Ges§ 84 b n] adj. blackish (GannJAS 1883, Fev.-Mars, 156, no. 41, cp. Isr. n.pr. שחרחר on seal = ‘le burn’);—f. שְׁחַרְחֹ֫רֶת Ct 1:6.