--- title: שְׁאֵרִית — rest · The Tanakh dictionary description: שְׁאֵרִית (7611), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 66 times: rest. BDB 1906: n.f. rest, residue, remnant, remainder. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7611.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1513.md)‎ / שְׁאֵרִית‎ # שְׁאֵרִית «שְׁאֵרִית» in the Tanakh 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. **Used:** 66 times · **Key:** 7611 · **BDB:** שְׁאֵרִית ### Glosses the.remnant (32); a.remnant (10); remnant (6) ### Meaning (OSHB) rest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7611/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.f. rest, residue, remnant, remainder [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7611/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.f. rest, residue, remnant, remainder (= שָׁאָר);—שׁ׳ abs. 2 S 14:7 +, cstr. Ez 36:3 +, שֵׁרִית (Ges§ 23 f) 1 Ch 12:39 (van d. H. v 38); sf. שְׁאֵרִיתֵךְ Is 14:30; Ez 5:10, -תוֹ Is 44:17, -תָם Je 15:9;— rest, what is left, of wood Is 44:17, land 15:9 (‖ פְּלֵיטָה), Je 47:4, 5; Ez 25:16; שׁ׳ חֵמֹת ψ 76:11 is difficult (Gr \[cf. Che\] proposes חֲמָת Hamath, Du אֻמֹּת tribes); rest of princes Je 39:3, of nations (= the other nations, Toy) Ez 36:3, 4, 5; of Israel 1 Ch 12:39 (van d. H. v 38), 2 Ch 34:9; Ne 7:71 (van d. H. v 72); = last remnant of people, Philistines Am 1:8 (cf. We), Is 14:30, Edom Am 9:12, Anathoth Je 11:23, Ashdod 25:20, Babylon 50:26, Amalek 1 Ch 4:43 (+ הַפְּלֵיטָה), Isr. 2 K 21:14; Je 6:9; 15:9; remnant left after catastrophe Am 5:15; Je 8:3; 24:8; 40:11, 15; 41:10, 16; 42:2, 15, 19; 43:5; 44:12, 14, 28; Ez 5:10; 9:8; 11:13; Hag 1:12, 14; 2:2; even וְשַׂמְתִּי אֶת־הַצֹּלֵעָה לִשׁ׳ Mi 4:7 (as promise, ‖ גּוֹי עָצוּם, cf. GieBeiträge, 42 f.); = survivors Je 44:7, הַשּׁ׳ מִן־הַחֶרֶב 2 Ch 36:20; = faithful remnant of Israel or Judah (term. techn. of proph., cf. שְׁאָר ad fin.), 2 K 19:4 = Is 37:4; 2 K 19:31 (‖ פְּלֵיטָה) = Is 37:32 (‖ id.), Mi 2:12; 5:6, 7; 7:18; Ezr 9:14 (‖ id.), Is 46:3; Je 23:3; 31:7; Zp 2:7, 9 (‖ יֶתֶר), 3:13; Zc 8:6, 11, 12. remainder = descendants (= שְׁאָר Is 14:22): Gn 45:7, שֵׁם וּשׁ׳ 2 S 14:7. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 66 of its verses cited, 3 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) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «שְׁאֵרִית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7611/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 76:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.76.11/) כִּֽי־חֲמַ֣ת אָדָ֣ם תּוֹדֶ֑ךָּ שְׁאֵרִ֖ית חֵמֹ֣ת תַּחְגֹּֽר׃ *Word for word:* (dm) \[the\].anger of.humankind it will.praise.you \[the\].remainder of.anger(s) you.will.gird.on *JPS 1917:* Surely the wrath of man shall praise Thee; the residue of wrath shalt Thou gird upon Thee. [Jeremiah 47:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.47.5/) בָּ֤אָה קָרְחָה֙ אֶל־עַזָּ֔ה נִדְמְתָ֥ה אַשְׁקְל֖וֹן שְׁאֵרִ֣ית עִמְקָ֑ם עַד־מָתַ֖י תִּתְגּוֹדָֽדִי׃ס *Word for word:* it.will.come baldness to Gaza it.will.be.silent Ashkelon O.remnant their.valley their until when? will.you.cut.yourself *JPS 1917:* Baldness is come upon Gaza, Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of their valley; how long wilt thou cut thyself? - ← previous: [שֶׁאֱרָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7609.md) - next →: [שֵׁאת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7612.md) - ↑ back to [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1513.md)