Lexical Definition

‎שְׁאֵרִית‎ shᵉʼêrîyth (sheh-ay-reeth') remnant ^H:N-F
from ‎שָׁאַר‎

that had escaped, be left, posterity, remain(-der), remnant, residue, rest.

• a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion

1) rest, residue, remainder, remnant
1a) rest, what is left
1b) remainder, descendants

See Greek: κατάλειμμα · κατάλειμμα · κατάλοιπος · λεῖμμα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שְׁאֵרִית‎ noun feminine rest, residue, remnant, remainder ( = ‎שָׁאָר‎); — ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ absolute 2Sam 14:7 +, construct Ezek 36:3 +, ‎שֵׁרִית‎ (Ges^{«GKC:23f»§ 23f}) 1Chr 12:39* (van d. H. v.1Chr 12:38*); suffix ‎שְׁאֵרִיתֵךְ‎ Isa 14:30; Ezek 5:10, ‎תוֺ‎- Isa 44:17, ‎תָם‎- Jer 15:9 —

1. rest, what is left, of wood Isa 44:17, land Isa 15:9 (|| ‎פְּלֵיטָה‎), Jer 47:4; Jer 47:5; Ezek 25:16 ‎חֵמֹת‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Ps 76:11*is difficult (Gr [compare Che] proposes ‎חֲמָת‎ Hamath, Du ‎אֻמֹּת‎ tribes); rest of princes Jer 39:3, of nations ( = the other nations, Toy) Ezek 36:3; Ezek 36:4; Ezek 36:5 of Israel 1Chr 12:39* (van d. H. v.1Chr 12:38*), 2Chr 34:9; Neh 7:71* (van d. H. vNeh 7:72*); = last remnant of people, Philistines Amos 1:8 (compare We), Isa 14:30, Edom Amos 9:12, Anathoth Jer 11:23, Ashdod Jer 25:20, Babylon Jer 50:26, Amalek 1Chr 4:43(+ ‎הַפְּלֵיטָה‎), Israel 2Kgs 21:14; Jer 6:9; Jer 15:9 remnant left after catastrophe Amos 5:15; Jer 8:3; Jer 24:8; Jer 40:11; Jer 40:15; Jer 41:10; Jer 41:16; Jer 42:2; Jer 42:15; Jer 42:19; Jer 43:5; Jer 44:12; Jer 44:14; Jer 44:28; Ezek 5:10; Ezek 9:8; Ezek 11:13; Hag 1:12; Hag 1:14; Hag 2:2, even ‎׳‎‎וְשַׂמְתִּי אֶתהַֿצֹּלֵעָה לִשׁ‎ Mic 4:7 (as promise, || ‎עָצוּם‎ compare Gie^{Beiträge, 42f.}); = survivors Jer 44:7, ‎מִןהַֿחֶרֶב‎ ‎׳‎‎הַשּׁ‎ 2Chr 36:20 = faithful remnant of Israel or Judah (technical term of prophets, compare ‎שְׁאָר‎ near the end), 2Kgs 19:4=Isa 37:4; 2Kgs 19:31 (|| ‎פְּלֵיטָה‎) = Isa 37:32 (|| id.), Mic 2:12; Mic 5:6*; Mic 5:7*; Mic 7:18; (|| id.), Isa 46:3; Jer 23:3; Jer 31:7; Zeph 2:7; Zeph 2:9 (|| ‎יֶתֶר‎), Zeph 3:13; Zech 8:6; Zech 8:11; Zech 8:12.

2. remainder = descendants ( = ‎שְׁאָר‎ Isa 14:22): Gen 45:7, ‎׳‎‎שֵׁם וּשׁ‎ 2Sam 14:7.

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