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# שְׁאֵרִית

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7611

**rest** — used 66 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

rest [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7611/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שְׁאֵרִית: n.f. rest, residue, remnant, remainder [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7611/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. rest, residue, remnant, remainder (= שָׁאָר);—שׁ׳ abs. 2 S 14:7 +, cstr. Ez 36:3 +, שֵׁרִית (Ges§ 23 f) 1 Ch 12:39 (van d. H. v 38); sf. שְׁאֵרִיתֵךְ Is 14:30; Ez 5:10, -תוֹ Is 44:17, -תָם Je 15:9;— rest, what is left, of wood Is 44:17, land 15:9 (‖ פְּלֵיטָה), Je 47:4, 5; Ez 25:16; שׁ׳ חֵמֹת ψ 76:11 is difficult (Gr \[cf. Che\] proposes חֲמָת Hamath, Du אֻמֹּת tribes); rest of princes Je 39:3, of nations (= the other nations, Toy) Ez 36:3, 4, 5; of Israel 1 Ch 12:39 (van d. H. v 38), 2 Ch 34:9; Ne 7:71 (van d. H. v 72); = last remnant of people, Philistines Am 1:8 (cf. We), Is 14:30, Edom Am 9:12, Anathoth Je 11:23, Ashdod 25:20, Babylon 50:26, Amalek 1 Ch 4:43 (+ הַפְּלֵיטָה), Isr. 2 K 21:14; Je 6:9; 15:9; remnant left after catastrophe Am 5:15; Je 8:3; 24:8; 40:11, 15; 41:10, 16; 42:2, 15, 19; 43:5; 44:12, 14, 28; Ez 5:10; 9:8; 11:13; Hag 1:12, 14; 2:2; even וְשַׂמְתִּי אֶת־הַצֹּלֵעָה לִשׁ׳ Mi 4:7 (as promise, ‖ גּוֹי עָצוּם, cf. GieBeiträge, 42 f.); = survivors Je 44:7, הַשּׁ׳ מִן־הַחֶרֶב 2 Ch 36:20; = faithful remnant of Israel or Judah (term. techn. of proph., cf. שְׁאָר ad fin.), 2 K 19:4 = Is 37:4; 2 K 19:31 (‖ פְּלֵיטָה) = Is 37:32 (‖ id.), Mi 2:12; 5:6, 7; 7:18; Ezr 9:14 (‖ id.), Is 46:3; Je 23:3; 31:7; Zp 2:7, 9 (‖ יֶתֶר), 3:13; Zc 8:6, 11, 12. remainder = descendants (= שְׁאָר Is 14:22): Gn 45:7, שֵׁם וּשׁ׳ 2 S 14:7.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 66 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the remnant (32); a remnant (10); remnant (6).

## In the verses

[Psalms 76:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.76.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.76.11/#tree)

כִּֽי־חֲמַ֣ת אָדָ֣ם תּוֹדֶ֑ךָּ שְׁאֵרִ֖ית חֵמֹ֣ת תַּחְגֹּֽר׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[the\].anger of.humankind it will.praise.you \[the\].remainder of.anger(s) you.will.gird.on

*JPS 1917:* Surely the wrath of man shall praise Thee; the residue of wrath shalt Thou gird upon Thee.

[Jeremiah 47:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.47.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.47.5/#tree)

בָּ֤אָה קָרְחָה֙ אֶל־עַזָּ֔ה נִדְמְתָ֥ה אַשְׁקְל֖וֹן שְׁאֵרִ֣ית עִמְקָ֑ם עַד־מָתַ֖י תִּתְגּוֹדָֽדִי׃ס

*Word for word:* it.will.come baldness to Gaza it.will.be.silent Ashkelon O.remnant their.valley their until when? will.you.cut.yourself

*JPS 1917:* Baldness is come upon Gaza, Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of their valley; how long wilt thou cut thyself?

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7611.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7611/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).