I. [צֹ֫הַר] [noun masculine] only plural צָהֳרַ֫יִם midday, noon, Deuteronomy 28:29+, צָהֳרָ֑יִם Genesis 43:16 +(when sun mounts its highest; on form as expanded plural (not dual) see Ges^{§ 88c} and references); — usually

1 noon as a specific time of day, 1 Kings 18:29; especially ׳בַּצּ at noon Genesis 43:16,25; Amos 8:9; 1 Kings 18:27; 1 Kings 20:16; Songs 1:7 (resting-time for flock), Jeremiah 6:4 (opposed to evening); ׳בְּעֵת צ Jeremiah 20:16 (distinguished from morning) as time of supposed security Jeremiah 15:8; Zephaniah 2:4; also ׳מֵהַבֹּקֶר וְעַד הַצּ 1 Kings 18:26, ׳עַדהַֿצּ 2 Kings 4:20; without ב, as adverb, ׳צ as time of prayer Psalm 55:18 (+בֹּקֶר, עֶרֶב); as time of wasting קֶטֶב Psalm 91:6; ׳מִשְׁכַּב הַצּ 2 Samuel 4:5 noonday repose.

2 noon, as bright, simile of happiness, blessing, Isaiah 58:10 (opposed to אֲפֵלָה), Psalm 37:6 ("" כָּאוֺר); compare Job 11:17 (Ges^{§ 133e}); see also ׳בְּתוֺךְ הַצּ Isaiah 16:3 (opposed to צִלֵּךְ); ׳בַּצּ Deuteronomy 28:29; Isaiah 59:10; Job 5:14.

II. צֹ֫הַר noun feminine probably roof (compare Arabic, Assyrian, Tel Amarna back; > Thes Di and others light, window); — תַּעֲשֶׂה ׳צ לַתֵּבָה Genesis 6:16.