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title: שַׂעַר — storm · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׂעַר (lemma:שַׂעַר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: storm. BDB 1906: storm. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׂעַר

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«שַׂעַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **storm** — 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:** lemma:שַׂעַר · **BDB:** שַׂ֫עַר²

### Glosses

a.tempest (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

storm [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b7_5c2_5e2_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

storm [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b7_5c2_5e2_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] storm (= סַ֫עַר);—only cstr. שׂ׳ קָ֑טֶב Is 28:2 a storm of destruction (in sim.; ‖ זֶרֶם בָּרָד).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (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/lemma_3a_5e9_5b7_5c2_5e2_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 28:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.2/)

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הִנֵּ֨ה חָזָ֤ק וְאַמִּץ֙ לַֽאדֹנָ֔י כְּזֶ֥רֶם בָּרָ֖ד שַׂ֣עַר קָ֑טֶב כְּ֠זֶרֶם מַ֣יִם כַּבִּירִ֥ים שֹׁטְפִ֛ים הִנִּ֥יחַ לָאָ֖רֶץ בְּיָֽד׃

*Word for word:* there! a.mighty.\[one\] and a.strong.\[one\] \[belongs\].to \[the\] Lord like a.storm of.hail a.tempest of.destruction like a.storm of.waters mighty overflowing he.will.thrust.\[it\].down to the ground with a.hand

*JPS 1917:* Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, as a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction, as a storm of mighty waters overflowing, that casteth down to the earth with violence.

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