- Original: שׁחר - Transliteration: Shachar - Phonetic: shaw-khar' - Definition: 1. to be black a. (Qal) to be black (of skin) - Origin: a primitive root [identical with H7836 through the idea of the duskiness of early dawn] - TWOT entry: 2368 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root (rather identical with H7836 through the idea of the duskiness of early dawn); to be dim or dark (in color): - be black. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • black, 1 Job 30:30