sha.chor denotes black coloration, describing hair, a woman, locks, and horses in the supplied verses.

The term marks black coloration across its attested uses: hair in priestly inspection, the speaker and her locks in Song of Songs, and horses in Zechariah.

1. Black coloration of persons, hair, and animals · dominant

   In Leviticus 13:31 and Leviticus 13:37, the masculine singular adjective qualifies hair in the scab-inspection clauses; the APB renders "no black hair" and "black hair has sprung." In Song of Songs 1:5 and Song of Songs 5:11, feminine forms describe the speaker and her locks, rendered "I am black" and "black as a raven"; in Zechariah 6:2 and Zechariah 6:6, masculine plural forms identify horses rendered "black horses."

   Leviticus 13:31Leviticus 13:37Song of Songs 1:5Song of Songs 5:11Zechariah 6:2Zechariah 6:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with "black" in each setting: hair in Leviticus, the speaker and locks in Song of Songs, and horses in Zechariah. These renderings confirm the clauses' color descriptions rather than establish a separate English equivalent for each form.