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title: שְׁאָר — rest · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: שְׁאָר (lemma:שְׁאָר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 12 times: rest. BDB 1906: n.m. rest, remainder. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁאָר

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«שְׁאָר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **rest** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 12 times · **Key:** lemma:שְׁאָר · **BDB:** שְׁאָר

### Glosses

the.rest (10); the (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d0_5b8_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. rest, remainder [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d0_5b8_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ezr 7:20 rest, remainder (v. BH I. שׁאר; Egyptian Aramaic n. שאר Cooke203, vb. ישתאר be left (outstanding) Cooke404 = S-CL 9, Chr-Pal. ܫܐܪ );—שׁ׳ abs. Ezr 4:10 +, cstr. v 9 +; emph. שְׁאָרָא Dn 7:7, 19;—of a thing, remainder Ezr 7:18, 20; of cities 4:10, 17, of persons v 9, 10, 17; 6:16 Dn 2:18, of beasts 7:7, 12, 19.

### Jastrow 1903

שְׁאָר: remainder, rest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d0_5b8_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** remainder, rest. Sot. VII, 7 ועל ש׳ התפלה (Y. ed. וש׳ תפילה) and a special benediction for the remaining (general) prayer; Bab. ed. 40ᵇ והש׳ תפלה and the remainder is a general prayer; ib. 41ᵃ; Y. ib. VII, end, 22ᵃ; Yoma 70ᵃ וש׳ התפלה רינה וכ׳ and the remaining prayer is song, supplication \&c. B. Mets. III, 4 והש׳ יהא מונח וכ׳ and what is left must be deposited \&c., v. אֵלִיָּהוּ. Peah IV, 3; a. fr.—V. שְׁיָ֫יר.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 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); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁאָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d0_5b8_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 7:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.20/)

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וּשְׁאָ֗ר חַשְׁחוּת֙ בֵּ֣ית אֱלָהָ֔ךְ דִּ֥י יִפֶּל־לָ֖ךְ לְמִנְתַּ֑ן תִּנְתֵּ֕ן מִן־בֵּ֖ית גִּנְזֵ֥י מַלְכָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and the.rest of.the.thing\[s\].needed of.the.house of your.God which it.will.fall to you to give you.will.give from the.house of.the.treasures of the.king

*JPS 1917:* And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure-house.

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[Daniel 7:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.12/)

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וּשְׁאָר֙ חֵֽיוָתָ֔א הֶעְדִּ֖יו שָׁלְטָנְה֑וֹן וְאַרְכָ֧ה בְחַיִּ֛ין יְהִ֥יבַת לְה֖וֹן עַד־זְמַ֥ן וְעִדָּֽן׃

*Word for word:* and the.rest of the.beasts they.removed dominion their and a.prolonging in life(s) it.was.given to them until a.time and a.time

*JPS 1917:* And as for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away; yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.

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