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title: סָמָר — bristling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָמָר (5569), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: bristling. BDB 1906: adj. bristling, rough. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָמָר

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«סָמָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bristling** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5569 · **BDB:** סָמָר

### Glosses

bristly (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bristling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5569/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. bristling, rough [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5569/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. bristling, rough;—יֶלֶק ס׳ Je 51:27 bristling locust, perhaps with allusion to horn-like sheaths enclosing wings of the pupa, v. Dr Joel and Amos, 58 (on format. cf. LagBN 50.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָמָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5569/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 51:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.51.27/)

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שְׂאוּ־נֵ֣ס בָּאָ֗רֶץ תִּקְע֨וּ שׁוֹפָ֤ר בַּגּוֹיִם֙ קַדְּשׁ֤וּ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ גּוֹיִ֔ם הַשְׁמִ֧יעוּ עָלֶ֛יהָ מַמְלְכ֥וֹת אֲרָרַ֖ט מִנִּ֣י וְאַשְׁכְּנָ֑ז פִּקְד֤וּ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ טִפְסָ֔ר הַֽעֲלוּ־ס֖וּס כְּיֶ֥לֶק סָמָֽר׃

*Word for word:* lift.up a.standard in the land blow a.trumpet among the nations consecrate on it nations summon on it the.kingdoms of.Ararat Minni and Ashkenaz appoint on it an.official bring.up horse\[s\] like locust\[s\] bristly

*JPS 1917:* Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the horn among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm.

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