Shining, bright, or clear. Used in Job 37:21 to describe the brilliant radiance of the sky that cannot be looked at directly — a divine brightness beyond human endurance. Related to the radiance associated with divine glory.
The word bahir appears in Elihu's speech about the thunderstorm as a revelation of God's majesty — the sky becomes too bright to behold when swept clean by the wind (Job 37:21). God in His holiness is unapproachable light (1 Timothy 6:16). The tabernacle and temple were filled with the divine glory-cloud. The New Testament picks up this language when describing the Transfiguration — Jesus' face 'shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light' (Matthew 17:2). Divine brightness in Scripture is inseparable from divine holiness.