H7611 H7611
Remnant, remainder; the surviving portion of a people after judgment, or what is left over of things.
Denotes what survives or remains after loss, destruction, or division. In prophetic literature, it carries enormous theological weight: the she'erith of Israel is the faithful core that endures exile and judgment to become the seed of future restoration. Micah promises that 'the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations' (Mic 5:7), while Jeremiah warns that even the remnant of Judah who fled to Egypt will perish (Jer 44:28). Beyond its dominant use for surviving people, the word occasionally describes leftover material -- the rest of a piece of wood from which an idol was carved (Isa 44:17).
Senses
1. remnant of a people — The surviving portion of a people or nation after calamity. This theologically loaded sense accounts for nearly all occurrences, appearing across the prophets as a motif of both judgment and hope. Translations uniformly employ 'remnant' language -- Spanish remanente-de, French reste, German Rest -- signaling a recognized technical term. Joseph tells his brothers that God sent him ahead to preserve a she'erith on earth (Gen 45:7). Isaiah and Jeremiah use it for the survivors of exile (2 Kgs 19:31; Jer 40:11), while Amos and Zephaniah warn that judgment may leave no remnant at all. 64×
AR["بَقِيَّة","بَقِيَّةَ","بَقِيَّةُ","بَقِيَّةِ","يَا-بَقِيَّةَ"]·ben["-অবশিষ্ট","অবশিষ্ট","অবশিষ্টদের","অবশিষ্টাংশ","অবশিষ্টাংশ-"]·DE["Rest"]·EN["remnant-of","rest-of","the-remnant-of","the-rest-of"]·FR["reste"]·heb["שארית","שרית"]·HI["बचे-हुए","बचे-हुओं","बचे-हुओं-को","शेष"]·ID["hai-sisa","sisa","sisa-"]·IT["resto"]·jav["sanesipun","sisa","sisaning","sisanipun","tilaranipun","tilas","tiyang-ingkang-kantun","tiyang-sesa"]·KO["나머지","나머지-의","남은-자-의","남은-자가","남은-자들-의","남은-자를","남은-자여-","남은-자이여","의-남은-자들을","의-남은-자를"]·PT["o-remanescente-de","o-restante-de","remanescente-de","restante-de","resto-de","resto-de-"]·RU["остальное","остальной","остатка","остаток"]·ES["el-remanente-de","remanente-de","resto-de"]·SW["mabaki","mabaki-ya","sheriyt","waliobaki","waliobaki-wa","yote","yote-ya"]·TR["artık-kalanı-","artık-kalanını-","bakiyesinden","geri-kalanı","geri-kalanı-","kalanı","kalanını","kalintisi","kalıntısı","kalıntısına","kalıntısını","kalıntısını-"]·urd["باقی","بقیہ"]
Gen 45:7, 2 Kgs 19:31, 1 Chr 4:43, 1 Chr 12:39, 2 Chr 34:9, Ezra 9:14, Neh 7:72, Isa 37:32, Isa 46:3, Jer 6:9, Jer 23:3, Jer 24:8 (+38 more)
2. remainder of things — The remaining portion of non-personal things or material. In Isaiah 44:17, a man burns part of a log for cooking and with the she'erith ('rest of it') carves an idol -- a biting irony. In Jeremiah 15:9, the mother of seven breathes her last and her 'remnant' (her remaining life force or offspring) is given to the sword. Spanish y-resto-su and German und-Rest match the English 'rest of it,' treating the word as a simple quantitative remainder rather than a theological survivor. 2×
AR["وَ-بَقِيَّتَهُمْ","وَبَقِيَّتُهُ"]·ben["আর-তাদের-অবশিষ্টাংশ","এবং-তার-অবশিষ্ট"]·DE["und-Rest"]·EN["And-the-rest-of-it","and-their-remnant"]·FR["et-reste"]·heb["ו-שאריתו","ו-שאריתם"]·HI["और-उनके-शेष","और-बचा-हुआ-उसका"]·ID["Dan-sisanya","dan-sisanya"]·IT["e-resto"]·jav["Lan-ingkang-kantun","Lan-sisanipun"]·KO["그리고-그-나머지를","그리고-그들의-나머지를"]·PT["e-restante-dele","e-seu-remanescente"]·RU["а-остаток-их","и-остаток-его"]·ES["y-resto-su","y-su-resto"]·SW["Na-mabaki-yake","na-waliosalia"]·TR["Ve-kalanini","ve-kalıntısını"]·urd["اور-اُن-کے-بچے-ہوئے","اور-باقی-اُس-کا"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† שְׁאֵרִית n.f. rest, residue, remnant, remainder (= שָׁאָר);—שׁ׳ abs. 2 S 14:7 +, cstr. Ez 36:3 +, שֵׁרִית (Ges§ 23 f) 1 Ch 12:39 (van d. H. v 38); sf. שְׁאֵרִיתֵךְ Is 14:30; Ez 5:10, -תוֹ Is 44:17, -תָם Je 15:9;— 1. rest, what is left, of wood Is 44:17, land 15:9 (‖ פְּלֵיטָה), Je 47:4, 5; Ez 25:16; שׁ׳ חֵמֹת ψ 76:11 is difficult (Gr [cf. Che] proposes חֲמָת Hamath, Du אֻמֹּת tribes); rest of…