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title: שַׂעַר — horror · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׂעַר (8178), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: horror. BDB 1906: horror. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׂעַר

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«שַׂעַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **horror** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 8178 · **BDB:** שַׂ֫עַר

### Glosses

shuddering (2); a.shudder (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

horror [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8178/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

horror [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8178/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] horror (proposes bristling);—שׂ׳ abs., as acc. cogn. Ez 27:35; 32:10 v. foregoing; cf. אָֽחֲזוּ שׂ׳ Jb 18:20 (‖ נָשַׁמּוּ עַל).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (20 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (16 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׂעַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8178/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 18:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.20/)

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עַל־י֭וֹמוֹ נָשַׁ֣מּוּ אַחֲרֹנִ֑ים וְ֝קַדְמֹנִ֗ים אָ֣חֲזוּ שָֽׂעַר׃

*Word for word:* on day his they.are.appalled \[the\].western and.\[the\] eastern they.take.hold.of a.shudder

*JPS 1917:* They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before are affrighted.

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[Ezekiel 27:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.35/)

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כֹּ֚ל יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאִיִּ֔ים שָׁמְמ֖וּ עָלָ֑יִךְ וּמַלְכֵיהֶם֙ שָׂ֣עֲרוּ שַׂ֔עַר רָעֲמ֖וּ פָּנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* all the.inhabitants of the.islands they.have.been.appalled on you and kings their they.have.shuddered shuddering they.have.been.disconcerted faces

*JPS 1917:* All the inhabitants of the isles are appalled at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid, they are troubled in their countenance;

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