2759 - charishi

Strong's Concordance

Original word: חֲרִישִׁית
Transliteration: charishi
Definition (short): scorching
Definition (full): perhaps sultry

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: perhaps from the same as cheresh
Definition: perhaps sultry
NASB Translation: scorching (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From charash in the sense of silence; quiet, i.e. Sultry (as feminine noun, the sirocco or hot east wind) -- vehement.

see HEBREW charash

References

Strong's 2759: 1 Occurrences
KJV: And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
NASB: When the sun came up God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head so that he became faint and begged with all his soul to die, saying, "Death is better to me than life."