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title: שָׂעַר — sweep away · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂעַר (lemma:שָׂעַר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: sweep away. BDB 1906: vb. sweep whirl away. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂעַר

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«שָׂעַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sweep away** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** lemma:שָׂעַר · **BDB:** שָׂעַר²

### Glosses

he (1); he.will.storm (1); it (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sweep away [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c2_5e2_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. sweep whirl away [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c2_5e2_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. sweep or whirl away (of storm-wind) (= סָעַר, q.v.; Assyrian šâru, wind, DlHWB 635; \> Thes1334 cp. I. שׂער);— Impf. 3 ms. sf. יִשְׂעָרֶנּוּ ψ 58:10 fig. he (י׳) shall sweep it away. Pf. 3 fs. impers. נִשְׂעֲרָה ψ 50:3 round about him it is tempestuous exceedingly. Impf. 3 ms. sf. וִישַׂעֲרֵ֫הוּ Jb 27:21 and it \[an E. wind\] shall whirl him away from (מִן) his place. Impf. 3 ms. וְיִשְׂתָּעֵר עָלָיו Dn 11:40 the kg. shall storm against him.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (20 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (16 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂעַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c2_5e2_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 27:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.27.21/)

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יִשָּׂאֵ֣הוּ קָדִ֣ים וְיֵלַ֑ךְ וִֽ֝ישָׂעֲרֵ֗הוּ מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* it will.lift.him.up an.east.wind and he.will.go and it will.sweep.him.away from place his

*JPS 1917:* The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; and it sweepeth him out of his place.

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[Psalms 58:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.58.10/)

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בְּטֶ֤רֶם יָבִ֣ינוּ סִּֽירֹתֵיכֶ֣ם אָטָ֑ד כְּמוֹ־חַ֥י כְּמוֹ־חָ֝ר֗וֹן יִשְׂעָרֶֽנּוּ׃

*Word for word:* before they.will.perceive pots your a.thorn.bush like alive like burning he will.sweep.it.away

*JPS 1917:* Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike.

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