שְׁאֵר
she.er
“flesh”
Definition
flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfood; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
from H7604 (שָׁאַר);
- flesh, food, body, near kin, near kinswoman 1a) flesh 1a1) as food 1a2) for physical power (fig) 1b) flesh relation, blood relation 1c) self Also means: sha.a.rah (*שַׁאֲרָה *"kinswomen" H7608)
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
שְׁאֵר appears 16 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.
You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.
except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,
You eat the flesh of my peopleafter stripping off their skinand breaking their bones.You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot,like meat in a cauldron.”
At the end of your life you will groanwhen your flesh and your body are spent,
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