Aramaic word · H8177

שְׂעַר

use'ar

hair

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·

What it means

hair (of head)

Aramaic of se.ar (שֵׂעָר "hair" H8181)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Daniel · 3

  1. Daniel 3:27 וּשְׂעַ֤ר and [the] hair of

    and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.

    Here: "And the hair of". Hair is the most flammable part of a person, the first thing to burn. Its survival makes the point to the smallest detail.

  2. Daniel 4:33 שַׂעְרֵ֛הּ hair his

    At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.

  3. Daniel 7:9 וּשְׂעַ֤ר and [the] hair of

    As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.

    Here: 'And the hair of'. The description moves from his robe to his body.

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