Klein Dictionary, צחר

צחר to be white.
    — Qal - צָחַר was white.
    — Pi. - צִחֵר he whitened, made white.
    — Hiph. - הִצְחִיר 1 he whitened, made white; 2 whitened, became white. [Arab. ṣ-ḥ-r (= dried up, became yellow), ’ aṣḥar, f. ṣaḥrā (= yellowish-red). whence used as a noun, aṣ-ṣaḥrā (= the yellowish-red land, desert; the Sahara), Mand. צוהאר (= white). Perhaps related to Akka. ṣēru (= field, steppe, desert). Base of צַחַר, צָחוֹר, צֽחוֹר, צֽחַרֽחַר.]