Lexical Definition

‎שְׁאֵר‎ shᵉʼêr (sheh-ayr') flesh ^H:N-M
from ‎שָׁאַר‎

body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin).

• flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfood
• generally food of any kind
• figuratively, kindred by blood

1) flesh, food, body, near kin, near kinswoman
1a) flesh
1a1) as food
1a2) for physical power (fig)
1b) flesh relation, blood relation
1c) self

See Greek: δεῖ · οἰκεῖος · σάρξ · σῶμα · σῶμα · τράπεζα

Extended Information

• Also means: sha.a.rah (‎ש‎ַׁ‎א‎ֲ‎ר‎ָ‎ה‎ "kinswomen" שַׁאֲרָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שְׁאֵר‎ noun masculine^{Ps 73:26} flesh (perhaps originally the inner flesh, full of blood, next the bones, compare Hoffm^{ZAW iii (1883), 107, and} ‎בָּשָׂר‎ = (originally) flesh next the. skin); — ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ absolute Ps 78:20; Ps 78:27, construct Mic 3:3 +, suffix ‎שְׁאֵרִי‎ Jer 51:35; Ps 73:26, etc; —

1. flesh :
a. as food, Exod 21:10 (HPS also 1Sam 9:24, for ‎הַנִּשְׁאָר‎), Ps 78:20 (|| ‎לֶחֶם‎), vPs 78:27 (|| ‎עוֺף כָּנָף‎); figurative Mic 3:2 (|| ‎עוֺר‎), vMic 3:3 (|| id.), Jer 51:35 (|| ‎דָּם‎),
b. figurative for physical power Ps 73:26 (+ ‎לֵבָב‎), Prov 5:11 (+ ‎בָּשָׂר‎).

2. in HP = flesh- (= blood-) relation (i.e. one near of kin):‎שְׁאֵר‎ ‎אָבִיךָ‎ Lev 18:12 compare vLev 18:13; Lev 20:19, also Lev 18:17 (read ‎שְׁאֵרְךָ‎ for ‎שַׁאֲרָה‎ ᵐ5 Ew Dr-Wh; compare of. Di Baen); + ‎אֵלָיו הַקָּרֹב‎ Lev 21:2; Num 27:11 ‎בְשָׂרוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Lev 18:6; Lev 25:49.

3. = self, Prov 11:17 (|| ‎נֶפֶשׁ‎),

‎שַׁאֲרָה‎ Lev 18:17 see ‎שְׂאֵר‎,

2. above

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