STRONGS NUMBER H7604


Word Summary
shaar: to remain, be left over
Original Word: שָׁאַר
Transliteration: shaar
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-ar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to remain, be left over
Meaning: to swell up, be, redundant
Strong's Concordance
leave, be left, let, remain, remnant, reserve, the rest

A primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. Be (causatively, make) redundant -- leave, (be) left, let, remain, remnant, reserve, the rest.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7604. shaar

I. שָׁאַרverb remain, be left over (Synonym יָתַר‎ (Late Hebrew id.; שְׁאַר ᵑ7‎; Sabean סארremaining HomChr 124; Arabic , be left over, Lane, compare Lane, compare LagGGN 1889, 297; Old Aramaic שארremainder, Nabataean שארית‎, see Lzb371 SAC110); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ1 Samuel 16:11 the youngest still remains.

Niph`al93 Perfect3masculine singular נִשְׁאַרGenesis 47:18 +; 3 feminine singularנִשְׁאֲרָהJoshua 13:1; Daniel 10:8, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשָּׁאֵרIsaiah 11:11, 16, וַיִּשּׁ֫אֶרGenesis 7:23, etc.; ,Participle נִשְׁאָר32:9 +, וְנֵאשֲׁאַרEzekiel 9:8 (read וְנִשְׁאָר‎ Hi Toy Krae, וָאֶשָּׁ֫אֶר‎ Sm; strike out ᵐ5‎ Hi Co Siegf Berthol); feminine נִשְׁאָרָה2 Kings 19:30 = Isaiah 37:31, נִשְׁאֶ֫רֶתExodus 10:5; 2 Chronicles 30:6, נִשְׁאָ֫רֶתJoshua 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 זוּלַת2 Kings 24:14 there were left only, etc.,וגו אִם בִּלְתִּי ׳אדֹנִיGenesis 47:18 (J); followed by accusative adverb (Ges§ 118q), or appositive, Deuteronomy 4:27; Ezra 9:15, compare ׳נ מְעָ֑ט בִּמְתֵיDeuteronomy 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 מְעַטJeremiah 42:2; with לְto or for, 2 Kings 10:11, 17 (participle), Zechariah 9:7; 2 Chronicles 21:17, ׳הַנּ מִןהַֿבָּרָד לָכֶםExodus 10:5, compare 2 Chronicles 30:6 and (ב‎ location for ל‎) Jeremiah 21:7; with בְּin, 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 בַּדָּם5:9 (P) the rest of the blood; with לְַ1 Samuel 5:4; with infinitive ׳נ לְרִשְׁתָּהּJoshua 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). — ׳הַנּ1 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 לְבַדּוֺGenesis 42:38 (J), compare Isaiah 49:21; Daniel 10:8; of widow Ruth 1:3 + מִן‎ of the dead 1:5.

Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singularהִשְׁאִירExodus 10:12 +, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יַשְׁאִירDeuteronomy 28:51, 1plural נַשְׁאֵר1 Samuel 14:36 (Ges§ 48g; 109d Köp. 466 f.), etc.; Infinitive construct הַשְׁאִירEzra 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 ׳אֶסְלַחJeremiah 50:20; especially הִשׁ ׳לֹא שָׂרִידleave 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 מֵאָהAmos 5:3 the city shall have100left, compare vAmos 5:3.

4 leave as a gift, ׳וְהִשׁ בְּרָכָה אַחֲרָיוJoel 2:14. — We Now read וַיַּשְׁאֵרMalachi 2:15, see שְׁאָר‎. below