חֲוַור

חֲוַר, חֲוַורch. sam(חורto perforate; to be transparent, white, clear), 1) to be white, to shine. Targ. Joel 1:7. Targ. O. Gen. 49:12 וְחִוְּרַן ed. Berl. (ed. Lsb. יַחְוְרָן, oth. ed. יְחַוְּ׳). Targ. Is. 1:18 (some ed. Pa.); a. e.Keth.61b top דחֲוַור אפיה that he looked pale. B. Kam.69a כי היכי דנִיחֲוַור טפי that it may appear still more white (glistening from a distance). Naz.39a, sq. חַוְורִין עיקבי נימהון the lower ends of dyed hair are white (which proves that the growth comes from beneath); a. fr. 2) (of eyes) to be bright, to look with gratification. Targ. Prov. 23:33. Ib. 17:24 חָיְירָן Ms. (ed. חדיין, v. חדי). (Ib. 4:25, emend. by Luzzatto Oheb Ger p. 108, v., however, אוֹר I ch.Kidd.39a לא חַוְורִיתוּ you do not see clearly (the law is not clear to you). Pa. חַוֵּור 1) to whiten, wash, cleanse. Targ. 2 Sam. 19:25; a. fr.B. Mets.60b חַוְּורֵיהוכ׳, v. דְּקַן. Ḥull.95b top מְחַוֵּור, v. חֲלַל II. Y.Taan.IV, 69b bot. מרוח, read מְחַוֵּר or מִחְוַר to wash.Part. pass. מְחַוַּור, f. מְחַוְּוָרא blanched. Targ. Y. Ex. 4:6. 2) to make evident, to prove. Gen. R. s. 27 דמְחַוֵּורוכ׳ which will prove it better; Yalk. Koh. 968.מְחַוַּורְתָּא it is proven, obvious. Ḥull.117a. Pes.55b; a. fr. Af. אַחְוַור to make white. B. Kam.85b ואַחְוְורֵיה לכשריה and it (the corrodent) made his skin look white (like a lepers; Var. v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.). B. Mets.58b באַחְוְורֵי אפי (they guard against) whitening faces (putting persons to shame); Yalk. Ex. 349.