H8273 H8273
Burning heat, parched ground, heat mirage (the shimmer of hot desert air)
This noun captures the intense heat of the desert and its visual effects. Isaiah 35:7 promises that 'the parched ground' will become a pool, reversing desert conditions in messianic restoration. Isaiah 49:10 assures that in God's care, 'neither heat nor sun will strike them'—freedom from desert dangers. The term may specifically denote the heat mirage or shimmering air of parched landscapes, making Spanish 'espejismo' (mirage) particularly apt in 35:7.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The scorching heat of arid regions and its effects on the landscape, whether the burning air itself or the parched ground it creates. Both Isaiah passages concern reversal of desert conditions as a sign of divine blessing. The semantic range includes both cause (burning heat) and effect (parched land), with context determining emphasis. The domain assignment to Properties/Relations > Nature captures this environmental phenomenon, though it equally belongs to meteorological or geographical vocabulary. 2×
AR["السَّرَابُ", "الـ-سَّرَابُ"]·ben["গরম-বাতাস", "মরীচিকা"]·DE["[השרב]", "[שרב]"]·EN["heat", "the-burning-sand"]·FR["[השרב]", "[שרב]"]·heb["ה-שרב", "שרב"]·HI["मरीचिका", "लू"]·ID["fatamorgana", "panas-terik"]·IT["[השרב]", "[שרב]"]·jav["panas", "tegal-kebul"]·KO["그-신기루가", "뜨거운-바람과"]·PT["a-miragem", "calor"]·RU["зной", "мираж"]·ES["calor", "el-espejismo"]·SW["joto", "nchi-kavu"]·TR["kavurucu-sicak", "serap"]·urd["جھلستی-زمین", "گرمی"]
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
† שָׁרָב n.m. 1. burning heat; 2. parched ground;—only abs.: וְלֹא יַכֵּם שׁ׳ וָשָׁ֑מֶשׁ Is 49:10; of ground, הַשּׁ׳ Is 35:7 (‖ צִמָּאוֹן).