שחר II

שָׁחַרII (b. h.; cmp. חָרַר III) to be charred, black.V. שָׁחוֹר I. Hif. הִשְׁחִיר 1) to blacken. Y.Ḥag.II, 77d הִשְׁחִירוּ פניהןוכ׳ they made their faces as black as the bottom of a pot, i. e. they ruined their reputation. Sabb.152a (ref. to Koh. 11:10) דברים … מַשְׁחִירִיםוכ׳ certain things which a man does in his young days make his face look black (sickly) in his old age; a. e. 2) to become black. Y.Bets. II, end, 61d הִשְׁחִירוּ שיניווכ׳ his teeth were black from fasting; Y.Sabb.V, end, 7c; Ḥag.22b הוּשְׁחֲרוּ שיניו (Hof.; Ms. M. פניו). Ex. R. s. 1 (play on אשחור, 1 Chr. 1:24) שחִשְׁחִירוּ פניו בתעניות his face was black from fasting. Y.Shebi.VI, 36d bot. מכיון שה׳ as soon as it (the onion in the ground) gets black. Y.Snh.VIII, beg.26a הִשְׁחִירָה הקדרה, v. בָּשַׁל; a. e. Hof. הוּשְׁחַר to become black, v. supra.