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# שָׂעַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8175

**bristle** — used 3 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

bristle [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8175/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׂעַר: vb.denom. bristle [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8175/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. bristle, with horror;— Pf. 3 pl. שָֽׂעֲרוּ שַׂעַר Ez 27:35 (‖ שָׁמַם עַל, רָֽעֲמוּ); Impf. 3 mpl. יִשְׂעֲרוּ עָלֶיךָ שַׂעַר 32:10 (‖ שָׁמַם Hiph.); Imv. mpl. שַׂעֲרוּ Je 2:12 (‖ שֹׁמּוּ עַל־).—Dt 32:17 v. III. שׂער.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (20 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (16 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: shudder (1); they have shuddered (1); they will shudder (1).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 2:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.12/#tree)

שֹׁ֥מּוּ שָׁמַ֖יִם עַל־זֹ֑את וְשַׂעֲר֛וּ חָרְב֥וּ מְאֹ֖ד נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* be.appalled O.heaven on this and shudder be.desolate exceedingly the.utterance of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye exceeding amazed, saith the LORD.

[Ezekiel 27:35](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.35/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.35/#tree)

כֹּ֚ל יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאִיִּ֔ים שָׁמְמ֖וּ עָלָ֑יִךְ וּמַלְכֵיהֶם֙ שָׂ֣עֲרוּ שַׂ֔עַר רָעֲמ֖וּ פָּנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* all the.inhabitants of the.islands they.have.been.appalled on you and kings their they.have.shuddered shuddering they.have.been.disconcerted faces

*JPS 1917:* All the inhabitants of the isles are appalled at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid, they are troubled in their countenance;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8175.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8175/): 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).