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title: סָמַר — bristle up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָמַר (5568), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: bristle up. BDB 1906: vb. bristle up. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָמַר

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«סָמַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bristle up** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5568 · **BDB:** סָמַר

### Glosses

it.bristles.up (1); it.made.bristle.up (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bristle up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5568/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. bristle up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5568/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. bristle up (LagBN 106 cp. Arabic شَمَرَ contract; in that case ס׳ for שׂ׳);— Pf. 3 ms. ס׳ מִפַּחְדְּךָ בְשָׂרִי ψ 119:120 from fear of thee did my flesh bristle up, ‘creep.’ Impf. תְּסַמֵּר שַׂעֲרַת בְּשָׂרִי Jb 4:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָמַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5568/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 4:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.15/)

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וְ֭רוּחַ עַל־פָּנַ֣י יַחֲלֹ֑ף תְּ֝סַמֵּ֗ר שַֽׂעֲרַ֥ת בְּשָׂרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and a.wind over face my it.passed.over it.made.bristle.up the.hair my.flesh my

*JPS 1917:* Then a spirit passed before my face, that made the hair of my flesh to stand up.

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[Psalms 119:120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.120/)

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סָמַ֣ר מִפַּחְדְּךָ֣ בְשָׂרִ֑י וּֽמִמִּשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָ יָרֵֽאתִי׃

*Word for word:* it.bristles.up from dread of.you flesh my and from judgments your I.am.afraid

*JPS 1917:* My flesh shuddereth for fear of Thee; and I am afraid of Thy judgments.

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