STRONGS NUMBER H7611

H7611. sheerith

שְׁאֵרִית‎ noun feminine rest, residue, remnant, remainder ( = שָׁאָר‎); — ׳שׁ‎ absolute 2 Samuel 14:7 +, construct Ezekiel 36:3 +, שֵׁרִית‎ (Ges^{§ 23f}) 1 Chronicles 12:39 (van d. H. v.12:38); suffix שְׁאֵרִיתֵךְ‎ Isaiah 14:30; Ezekiel 5:10, תוֺ‎- Isaiah 44:17, תָם‎- Jeremiah 15:9; —

1 rest, what is left, of wood Isaiah 44:17, land 15:9 ("" מְּלֵיטָה‎), Jeremiah 47:4-5, Ezekiel 25:16; ׳שׁ חֵמֹת‎ Psalm 76: difficult (Gr [compare Che] proposes חֲמָת‎ Hamath, Du אֻמֹּת‎ tribes); rest of princes Jeremiah 39:3, of nations ( = the other nations, Toy) Ezekiel 36:3-4, 5; of Israel 1 Chronicles 12:39 (van d. H. v.12:38), 2 Chronicles 34:9; Nehemiah 7:71 (van d. H. 7:72); = last remnant of people, Philistines Amos 1:8 (compare We), Isaiah 14:30, Edom Amos 9:12, Anathoth Jeremiah 11:23, Ashdod 25:20, Babylon 50:26, Amalek 1 Chronicles 4:43(+ הַמְּלֵיטָה‎), Israel 2 Kings 21:14; Jeremiah 6:9; 15:9; remnant left after catastrophe Amos 5:15; Jeremiah 8:3; 24:8; 40:11, 15; 41:10, 16; 42:2, 15, 19; 43:5; 44:12, 14, 28; Ezekiel 5:10; 9:8; 11:13; Haggai 1:12, 14; 2:2, even לִשׁ אֶתהַֿצֹּלֵעָה ׳וְשַׂמְתִּי‎ Micah 4:7 (as promise, "" עָצוּם‎ compare Gie^{Beiträge, 42f.}); = survivors Jeremiah 44:7, ׳הַשּׁ מִןהַֿחֶרֶב‎2 Chronicles 36:20; = faithful remnant of Israel or Judah (technical term of prophets, compare שְׁאָר‎ near the end), 2 Kings 19:4=Isaiah 37:4; 2 Kings 19:31 ("" מְּלֵיטָה‎) = Isaiah 37:32 ("" id.), Micah 2:12; 5:6; 5:7; 7:18; Ezra 9:14 ("" id.), Isaiah 46:3; Jeremiah 23:3; 31:7; Zephaniah 2:7, 9 ("" יֶתֶר‎), 3:13; Zechariah 8:6, 11, 12.

2 remainder = descendants ( = שְׁאָר‎ Isaiah 14:22): Genesis 45:7, וּשׁ ׳שֵׁם‎ 2 Samuel 14:7.

II. שׁאר‎ (√ of following; compare Assyrian šêru, Punic שאר‎, flesh, Arabic blood-revenge, so Sabean תֿאר‎, SabDenkm^{No. 5, 1. 7}; perhaps originally blood (compare Jeremiah 51:35), Nö^{ZMG xi (1886), 723 and} Id^{M 101,} who compare Mandean תירתא‎ = conscience, mind, etc., perhaps properly midriff, compare Hoffm^below).