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title: שַׂעֲרָה — a hair · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׂעֲרָה (8185), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: a hair. BDB 1906: n.f. hair. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׂעֲרָה

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«שַׂעֲרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a hair** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 8185 · **BDB:** שַׂעֲרָה

### Glosses

of.the.hair\[s\] (2); than.the.hairs (2); hair (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a hair [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8185/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. hair [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8185/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a hair, nom. unit (Ges§ 122 times);—abs. Ju 20:16: cstr. in phr. מִשַּׂעֲרַת רֹאשׁוֹ 1 S 14:45 a single hair of his head, cf. 2 S 14:11 1 K 1:52 (v. מִן 3 b (d), Dr 1 S 14:45); שׂ׳ בְּשָׂרִי Jb 4:15 (appar. n. coll., 𝔊 𝔙 and most; Buhl proposes pl.); pl. cstr. שַׂעֲרוֹת רֹאשִׁי ψ 40:13; 69:5 (both as numerous).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 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 (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׂעֲרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8185/), 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 69:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.5/)

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רַבּ֤וּ ׀ מִשַּׂעֲר֣וֹת רֹאשִׁי֮ שֹׂנְאַ֪י חִ֫נָּ֥ם עָצְמ֣וּ מַ֭צְמִיתַי אֹיְבַ֣י שֶׁ֑קֶר אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־גָ֝זַ֗לְתִּי אָ֣ז אָשִֽׁיב׃

*Word for word:* they.are.many more than.the.hairs my.head my \[those who\].hate.me without.cause they.are.numerous \[those who\].destroy.me enemies my falsehood \[that\].which not I.stole then I.will.return

*JPS 1917:* They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are many; should I restore that which I took not away?

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