H8177 H8177
hair (Aramaic cognate, of the head)
This Aramaic noun means 'hair,' specifically hair of the head, appearing three times in Daniel's visions and narratives. Daniel 3:27 reports that the fire didn't singe 'the hair of their heads' when the three men survived the furnace. Daniel 4:30 describes Nebuchadnezzar during his madness when 'his hair grew like eagles' feathers' (living like a beast). Daniel 7:9 in the Ancient of Days vision sees one 'whose hair was like pure wool'—white and venerable. The term is the standard Aramaic equivalent to Hebrew se'ar, used literally for human (or angelic) head hair.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Hair of the head in Aramaic contexts. Daniel 3:27 emphasizes the completeness of the furnace miracle: not even 'the hair of their heads' was singed. Daniel 4:30 describes Nebuchadnezzar's bestial transformation where 'his hair grew like eagles' feathers'—long and unkempt during his wilderness exile. Daniel 7:9 portrays the Ancient of Days with hair 'like pure wool'—white and glorious, indicating age and wisdom. The cross-linguistic glosses simply transliterate or translate literally ('su cabello,' 'his hair'), as appropriate for the straightforward anatomical term. 3×
AR["شَعْرَهُ", "وَ-شَعْرُ"]·ben["এবং-চুল", "তার-চুল"]·DE["[שערה]", "und-Tor"]·EN["and-hair-of", "his-hair"]·FR["et-porte", "orge"]·heb["ו-שער", "שערו"]·HI["उसके-बाल", "और-बाल"]·ID["dan-rambut", "rambutnya"]·IT["[שערה]", "e-porta"]·jav["lan-rambut", "rikmanipun"]·KO["그-털-이", "그리고-머리카락은", "그리고-머리카락이"]·PT["e-cabelo-de", "e-o-cabelo-de", "seu-cabelo"]·RU["волосы-его", "и-волос", "и-волосы"]·ES["su-cabello", "y-cabello-de", "y-el-cabello-de"]·SW["na-nywele-za", "nywele-zake"]·TR["saçları", "ve-saçı"]·urd["اور-بال", "اُس-کے-بال"]
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
† שְׂעַר n.m. Dn 3:27 hair, of head (𝔗 ס׳, Syriac ܣܐ; v. BH I. שׂער);—cstr. Dn 3:27; 7:9; sf. שַׁעְרֵהּ 4:30.