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title: שְׁאֵר — flesh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁאֵר (7607), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: flesh. BDB 1906: n.m. flesh. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁאֵר

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«שְׁאֵר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flesh** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 7607 · **BDB:** שְׁאֵר

### Glosses

relative (4); flesh (3); \[is\].a.relative (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁאֵר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7607/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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