Lexical Definition

‎שָׁאַר‎ shâʼar (shaw-ar') to remain ^H:V
a primitive root

leave, (be) left, let, remain, remnant, reserve, the rest.

• properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

1) to remain, be left over, be left behind
1a) (Qal) to remain
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be left over, be left alive, survive
1b1a) remainder, remnant (participle)
1b2) to be left behind
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to leave over, spare
1c2) to leave or keep over
1c3) to have left
1c4) to leave (as a gift)

See Greek: ἀπολείπω · ἐγκαταλείπω · ἐκλείπω · ἐπιλείπω · ἐπίλοιπος · κατάλειμμα · καταλείπω · κατάλοιπος · περιλείπω · ὑπολείπω

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Also see: שְׁאָר

I. ‎שָׁאַר‎ verb remain, be left over (Synonym ‎יָתַר‎ (Late Hebrew id.; ᵑ7 ‎שְׁאַר‎; Sabean ‎סאר‎ remaining Hom^{Chr 124}; Arabic , be left over, Lane, compare Lane, compare Lag^{GGN 1889, 297}; Old Aramaic ‎שאר‎ remainder, Nabataean ‎שארית‎, see Lzb³⁷¹ SAC¹¹⁰); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ 1Sam 16:11 the youngest still remains. Niph`al₉₃ Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נִשְׁאַר‎ Gen 47:18 +; 3 feminine singular‎נִשְׁאֲרָה‎ Josh 13:1; Dan 10:8, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִשָּׁאֵר‎ Isa 11:11; Isa 11:16, ‎וַיִּשּׁ֫אֶר‎ Gen 7:23, etc.; ,Participle ‎נִשְׁאָר‎ Gen 32:9* +, ‎וְנֵאשֲׁאַר‎ Ezek 9:8 (read ‎וְנִשְׁאָר‎ Hi Toy Krae, ‎וָאֶשָּׁ֫אֶר‎ Sm; strike out ᵐ5 Hi Co Siegf Berthol); feminine ‎נִשְׁאָרָה‎ 2Kgs 19:30 = Isa 37:31, ‎נִשְׁאֶ֫רֶת‎ Exod 10:5; 2Chr 30:6, ‎נִשְׁאָ֫רֶת‎ Josh 13:2, etc.; —

1. be left over (sometimes ||) Exod 8:27*; Exod 10:19; Exod 14:28 (all J), Josh 11:22 (D), Judg 7:3; 2Sam 14:7 +; in restrictive clause ‎זוּלַת‎ ‎׳‎‎לא נ‎ 2Kgs 24:14 there were left only, etc.,‎׳‎‎אדֹנִי בִּלְתִּי אִם וגו‎ Gen 47:18 (J); followed by accusative adverb (Ges^{«GKC:118q»§ 118q}), or appositive, Deut 4:27; Ezra 9:15, compare ‎בִּמְתֵי מְעָ֑ט‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Deut 28:62 (Ges^{«GKC:119i»§ 119i}); sometimes with ‎ב‎ location Exod 8:5*; Exod 8:7* (J), Jer 38:22 +; with ‎אֵת‎ (preposition local) Josh 23:7; Josh 23:12 (D); with ‎מִן‎ = be left from (of) Exod 10:5 (J), Deut 3:11; Josh 13:12 (D), Isa 11:11; Isa 11:16; Jer 8:3a (participle; v^{b strike out {abbrev}}‎הַנּ‎ ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Hi Gf Gie Co), Neh 1:2; Neh 1:3,‎מְעַט מֵהַרְבֵּה‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Jer 42:2 with ‎לְ‎ to or for, 2Kgs 10:11; 2Kgs 10:17 (participle), Zech 9:7; 2Chr 21:17, ‎לָכֶם מִןהַֿבָּרָד‎ ‎׳‎‎הַנּ‎ Exod 10:5, compare 2Chr 30:6 and (‎ב‎ location for ‎ל‎) Jer 21:7 with ‎בְּ‎ in, among, of, 1Sam 11:11; Isa 17:6; Jer 34:7; Jer 37:10; Lev 26:36; Lev 26:39 (H; participle), Lev 25:52 (P; of years), even ‎בַּדָּם‎ ‎׳‎‎הַנּ‎ Lev 5:9 (P) the rest of the blood; with ‎לְַ‎ 1Sam 5:4 with infinitive ‎לְרִשְׁתָּהּ‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Josh 13:1 (D); = be left alive, survive, Gen 7:23 (J), Ezek 9:8 (but on text see above); ‎׳‎‎הַנּ‎ = the survivors, Gen 14:10; 1Sam 11:11; Ezek 17:21 participle as technical term = the (purified) remainder, remnant (compare ‎שְׁאָר‎, ‎שְׁאֵרִית‎) Isa 4:3 (‎ב‎ location; ||), 2Chr 34:21 (‎ב‎ location). — ‎׳‎‎הַנּ‎ 1Sam 9:24 is dubious; what is left over, in polite depreciation, Bu; read ‎הַשְּׁאֵר‎ HPS.

2. be left behind, Exod 10:26 (E), Num 11:26 (JE); with ‎לְבַדּוֺ‎ Gen 42:38 (J), compare Isa 49:21; Dan 10:8 of widow Ruth 1:3 + ‎מִן‎ of the dead vRuth 1:5. Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular‎הִשְׁאִיר‎ Exod 10:12 +, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַשְׁאִיר‎ Deut 28:51, 1 plural ‎נַשְׁאֵר‎ 1Sam 14:36 (Ges^{«GKC:48g»§ 48g}; «GKC:109d»109d Kö^{p. 466 f.}), etc.; Infinitive construct ‎הַשְׁאִיר‎ Ezra 9:8, see also below; —

1. leave over, spare, with accusative Exod 10:12(E), 2Kgs 25:22; Jer 49:9 = Obad 1:5; Josh 11:14 (D), Judg 6:4 ‎׳‎‎אֶסְלַח לַאֲשֶׁר אַשׁ‎ Jer 50:20 especially ‎שָׂרִיד‎ ‎׳‎‎לֹא הִשׁ‎ leave no survivor, Josh 10:28, cf vJosh 10:30 vJosh 10:37 vJosh 10:39 vJosh 10:40 (all D), so ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ ‎׳‎‎דְַבִּֿלְתִּי הִשׁ‎ (sometimes with ‎ל‎ person) Num 21:35(E) = Deut 3:3, compare Deut 2:34; Josh 8:22; Josh 11:8 (both J E), Josh 10:33(D), 2Kgs 10:11, and ‎מִבְּלִי‎ ‎לוֺ כֹּ֑ל‎ ‎׳‎‎הִשׁ‎Deut 28:55 (in all these read Infinitive construct ‎׳‎‎הַשׁ‎, see Dr^{Deut 3:3; Deut 7:24}); with ‎ב‎, among, of, 1Sam 14:36, ‎ב‎ location 1Kgs 19:18; Zeph 3:12 (in both of preserving a pious remnant, compare ‎שְׁאָר‎, ‎שְׁאֵרִית‎), also 2Kgs 3:25 (Bur reads ‎בָּנֶיהָ‎ for ‎אֲבָנֶיהָ‎, Kit ‎אֲנָשִׁים‎, compare Klo Benz); with ‎לְ‎ person Deut 28:51; 1Kgs 15:29; 1Kgs 16:11; 2Kgs 13:7; Ezra 9:8 with ‎מִן‎, from, of, 2Kgs 10:14, ‎מִן‎ particle 1Sam 25:22; 2Kgs 25:12 = Jer 52:16; Jer 39:10.

2., leave or keep over (‎מִן‎ particle) till morning Num 9:12 (P).

3. ‎מֵאָה‎ ‎׳‎‎תַּשׁ‎ Amos 5:3 the city shall have 100 left, compare vAmos 5:3.

4. leave as a gift, ‎אַחֲרָיו בְּרָכָה‎ ‎׳‎‎וְהִשׁ‎ Joel 2:14. — We Now read ‎וַיַּשְׁאֵר‎ Mal 2:15, see ‎שְׁאָר‎. below

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