Lexical Definition

‎שָׂעַר‎ sâʻar (saw-ar') to shudder ^H:V
a primitive root

be (horribly) afraid, fear, hurl as a storm, be tempestuous, come like (take away as with) a whirlwind.

• to storm
• by implication, to shiver, i.e. fear

1) to storm, shiver, dread, bristle (with horror), be very afraid
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to bristle (with horror)
1a2) to dread
2) to storm away, sweep away, whirl away
2a) (Qal)
2a1) to sweep away
2a2) to storm away (of God's action against the wicked) (fig)
2b) (Niphal) to be stormy, be tempestuous (exceedingly)
2c) (Piel) to whirl away, be stormed away
2d) (Hithpael) to storm against, come as a storm

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שָׂעַר‎] verbdenominative bristle, with horror; —

Qal Perfect 3 plural ‎שָֽׂעֲרוּ שַׂעַר‎ Ezek 27:35 (|| ‎שָׁמַם עַל‎, ‎רָֽעֲמוּ‎); Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יִשְׂעֲרוּ עָלַיךָ שַׂעַר‎ Ezek 32:10 (|| ‎שָׁמַם‎ Hiph`il); Imperative masculine plural ‎שַׂעֲרוּ‎ Jer 2:12 (|| ‎שֹׁמּוּ עַלֿ‎). — Deut 32:17 see III. ‎שׂער‎.

II. [‎שָׂעַר‎] verb sweep or whirl away (of storm-wind) (= ‎סָעַר‎, q. v.; Assyrian šâru, wind, Dl^{HWB 635}; >Thes¹³³⁴ compare I. ‎שׂער‎); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎יִשְׂעָרֶנּוּ‎ Ps 58:10* figurative he (‎׳‎‎י‎) shall sweep it away. Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular impersonal ‎נִשְׂעֲרָה‎ Ps 50:3 round about him it is tempestuous exceedingly. Pi`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎וִישַׂעֲרֵ֫הוּ‎ Job 27:21 and it [an east wind] shall whirl him away from (‎מִן‎) his place. Hitph. Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וְיִשְׂתָּעֵר‎ ‎עָלָיו‎ Dan 11:40 the king shall storm against him.

III. [‎שָׂעַר‎] verb perhaps be acquainted with (Arabic perceive [Sabean ‎שער‎ id.? Hom^{Chrest. 124}]; compare Aramaic ‎סְעַר‎, , visit, inspect, Ba^{ES 67} RS in Dr^Dt Perles^{Anal. 79}); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural suffix ‎שְׂעָרוּם‎ Deut 32:17 new gods, with whom your fathers had no acquaintance (ᵐ5 εἴδησαν; || ‎יְדָעוּם‎); usually fear, Thes revere with awe, Dr shudder before, [‎שָׂעַר‎] denominative, although not elsewhere with accusative of person

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