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# שְׁאֵר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7607

**flesh** — used 16 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

flesh [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7607/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שְׁאֵר: n.m. flesh [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7607/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 73:26 flesh (perhaps orig. the inner flesh, full of blood, next the bones, cf. HoffmZAW iii (1883), 107, and בָּשָׂר = (orig.) flesh next the skin);—שׁ׳ abs. ψ 78:20, 27, cstr. Mi 3:3 +, sf. שְׁאֵרִי Je 51:35 ψ 73:26, etc.;— flesh: as food, Ex 21:10 (HPS also 1 S 9:24, for הַנִּשְׁאָר), ψ 78:20 (‖ לֶחֶם), v 27 (‖ עוֹף בָּנָף); fig. Mi 3:2 (‖ עוֹר), v 3 (‖ id.), Je 51:35 (‖ דָּם). fig. for physical power ψ 73:26 (+ לֵבָב), Pr 5:11 (+ בָּשָׂר). in HP = flesh- (= blood-) relation (i.e. one near of kin): שְׁאֵר אָבִיךָ Lv 18:12, cf. v 13; 20:19, also 18:17 (read שְׁאֵרְךָ for שַׁאֲרָה, 𝔊 Ew Dr-Wh; cf. Di Baen); + הַקָּרֹב אֵלָיו 21:2 Nu 27:11; שׁ׳ בְּשָׂרוֹ Lv 18:6; 25:49. = self, Pr 11:17 (‖ נֶפֶשׁ).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: relative (4); flesh (3); \[is\] a relative (2).

## In the verses

[Leviticus 18:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.18.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.18.12/#tree)

עֶרְוַ֥ת אֲחוֹת־אָבִ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תְגַלֵּ֑ה שְׁאֵ֥ר אָבִ֖יךָ הִֽוא׃ס

*Word for word:* the.nakedness of.the.sister your.father your not you.will.uncover \[is\].a.relative your.father your she

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.

[Proverbs 11:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.17/#tree)

גֹּמֵ֣ל נַ֭פְשׁוֹ אִ֣ישׁ חָ֑סֶד וְעֹכֵ֥ר שְׁ֝אֵר֗וֹ אַכְזָרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].dealing.bountifully.with self his a.person of.loyalty and.\[is\] troubling body his a.cruel.\[person\]

*JPS 1917:* The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7607.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7607/): 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).