A primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. Be (causatively, make) redundant -- leave, (be) left, let, remain, remnant, reserve, the rest.
H7604. shaar
I. שָׁאַר verb remain, be left over (Synonym יָתַר (Late Hebrew id.; שְׁאַר ᵑ7; Sabean סאר remaining HomChr 124; Arabic , be left over, Lane, compare Lane, compare LagGGN 1889, 297; Old Aramaic שאר remainder, Nabataean שארית, see Lzb371 SAC110); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ 1 Samuel 16:11 the youngest still remains.
Niph`al93 Perfect3masculine singular נִשְׁאַר Genesis 47:18 +; 3 feminine singularנִשְׁאֲרָה Joshua 13:1; Daniel 10:8, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשָּׁאֵר Isaiah 11:11, 16, וַיִּשּׁ֫אֶר Genesis 7:23, etc.; ,Participle נִשְׁאָר 32:9 +, וְנֵאשֲׁאַר Ezekiel 9:8 (read וְנִשְׁאָר Hi Toy Krae, וָאֶשָּׁ֫אֶר Sm; strike out ᵐ5 Hi Co Siegf Berthol); feminine נִשְׁאָרָה 2 Kings 19:30 = Isaiah 37:31, נִשְׁאֶ֫רֶת Exodus 10:5; 2 Chronicles 30:6, נִשְׁאָ֫רֶת Joshua 13:2, etc.; —
1 be left over (sometimes "") Exodus 8:27; 10:19; 14:28 (all J), Joshua 11:22 (D), Judges 7:3; 2 Samuel 14:7 +; in restrictive clause נ ׳לא זוּלַת 2 Kings 24:14 there were left only, etc.,וגו אִם בִּלְתִּי ׳אדֹנִי Genesis 47:18 (J); followed by accusative adverb (Ges§ 118q), or appositive, Deuteronomy 4:27; Ezra 9:15, compare ׳נ מְעָ֑ט בִּמְתֵי Deuteronomy 28:62 (Ges§ 119i); sometimes with ב location Exodus 8:5; 8:7 (J), Jeremiah 38:22 +; with אֵת (preposition local) Joshua 23:7, 12 (D); with מִן = be left from (of) Exodus 10:5 (J), Deuteronomy 3:11; Joshua 13:12 (D), Isaiah 11:11, 16; Jeremiah 8:3a (participle; vb strike out {abbrev}ᵑ6 ᵐ5 הַנּ Hi Gf Gie Co), Nehemiah 1:2-3,׳נ מֵהַרְבֵּה מְעַט Jeremiah 42:2; with לְ to or for, 2 Kings 10:11, 17 (participle), Zechariah 9:7; 2 Chronicles 21:17, ׳הַנּ מִןהַֿבָּרָד לָכֶם Exodus 10:5, compare 2 Chronicles 30:6 and (ב location for ל) Jeremiah 21:7; with בְּ in, among, of, 1 Samuel 11:11; Isaiah 17:6; Jeremiah 34:7; 37:10; Leviticus 26:36, 39 (H; participle), 25:52 (P; of years), even ׳הַנּ בַּדָּם 5:9 (P) the rest of the blood; with לְַ 1 Samuel 5:4; with infinitive ׳נ לְרִשְׁתָּהּ Joshua 13:1 (D); = be left alive, survive, Genesis 7:23 (J), Ezekiel 9:8 (but on text see above); ׳הַנּ = the survivors, Genesis 14:10; 1 Samuel 11:11; Ezekiel 17:21; participle as technical term = the (purified) remainder, remnant (compare שְׁאֵרִית שְׁאָר,) Isaiah 4:3 (ב location; ""), 2 Chronicles 34:21 (ב location). — ׳הַנּ 1 Samuel 9:24 is dubious; what is left over, in polite depreciation, Bu; read הַשְּׁאֵר HPS.
2 be left behind, Exodus 10:26 (E), Numbers 11:26 (JE); with לְבַדּוֺ Genesis 42:38 (J), compare Isaiah 49:21; Daniel 10:8; of widow Ruth 1:3 + מִן of the dead 1:5.
Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singularהִשְׁאִיר Exodus 10:12 +, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יַשְׁאִיר Deuteronomy 28:51, 1plural נַשְׁאֵר 1 Samuel 14:36 (Ges§ 48g; 109d Köp. 466 f.), etc.; Infinitive construct הַשְׁאִיר Ezra 9:8, see also below; —
1 leave over, spare, with accusative Exodus 10:12(E), 2 Kings 25:22; Jeremiah 49:9 = Obadiah 5; Joshua 11:14 (D), Judges 6:4; אַשׁ לַאֲשֶׁר ׳אֶסְלַח Jeremiah 50:20; especially הִשׁ ׳לֹא שָׂרִיד leave no survivor, Joshua 10:28, cf 10:30; 10:37; 10:39; 10:40 (all D), so הִשׁ ׳דְַבִּֿלְתִּי ׳שׂ (sometimes with ל person) Numbers 21:35(E) = Deuteronomy 3:3, compare 2:34; Joshua 8:22; 11:8 (both J E), 10:33(D), 2 Kings 10:11, and ׳הִשׁ כֹּ֑ל לוֺ מִבְּלִיDeuteronomy 28:55 (in all these read Infinitive construct ׳הַשׁ, see Dr3:3; 7:24); with ב, among, of, 1 Samuel 14:36, ב location 1 Kings 19:18; Zephaniah 3:12 (in both of preserving a pious remnant, compare שְׁאֵרִית שְׁאָר,), also 2 Kings 3:25 (Bur reads בָּנֶיהָ for אֲבָנֶיהָ, Kit אֲנָשִׁים, compare Klo Benz); with לְ person Deuteronomy 28:51; 1 Kings 15:29; 16:11; 2 Kings 13:7; Ezra 9:8; with מִן, from, of, 2 Kings 10:14, מִן particle 1 Samuel 25:22; 2 Kings 25:12 = Jeremiah 52:16; 39:10.
2, leave or keep over (מִן particle) till morning Numbers 9:12 (P).
3 ׳תַּשׁ מֵאָה Amos 5:3 the city shall have100left, compare vAmos 5:3.
4 leave as a gift, ׳וְהִשׁ בְּרָכָה אַחֲרָיו Joel 2:14. — We Now read וַיַּשְׁאֵר Malachi 2:15, see שְׁאָר. below