H8185 H8185
a hair, strand of hair — a single hair or collectively the hair of one's head or body
Sa'arah is the unit noun derived from se'ar ('hair'), formed with the feminine ending to denote a single strand. It appears in memorable expressions of divine precision and care: the slingers of Benjamin could hurl stones at a hair's breadth without missing (Judg 20:16), and no hair of Jonathan's head would fall to the ground (1 Sam 14:45). The same assurance echoes for the wise woman of Tekoa's son (2 Sam 14:11) and Adonijah (1 Kgs 1:52). In Job 4:15 it takes on an eerie collective sense as the hair of Eliphaz's flesh stands on end. Spanish 'cabello' and French 'poil' consistently capture this bodily sense.
Senses
1. Hair, a single hair — A single hair or strand of hair, used both as an individual unit (in proverbial expressions about precision and divine protection) and collectively for body hair. The construct phrase missaarath rosho ('a hair of his head') appears in oath-like guarantees that not one hair shall fall (1 Sam 14:45; 2 Sam 14:11; 1 Kgs 1:52), while Judges 20:16 uses it as a measure of accuracy for Benjamite slingers. In Job 4:15 the hair of the flesh bristles during a terrifying vision. French 'de-poil' and Spanish 'de-cabello' reflect the same somatic sense throughout. 7×
AR["أكْثَرَ-مِنْ-شَعْرِ", "الشَّعْرَةِ", "شَعْرَةُ", "عَنْ-شَعْرِ", "مِن شَعرَةِ-", "مِنْ-شَعْرَةِ", "مِنْ-شَعْرَتِهِ"]·ben["-চুল-থেকে", "চুল-থেকে", "চুলের", "চুলের-চেয়ে", "তার-এক-চুল", "লোমগুলি"]·DE["[שערת]", "als-der-hairs-von", "als-hairs-von", "der-Haar", "von-ein-hair-von", "von-hair-von", "von-sein-hair"]·EN["from-a-hair-of", "from-hair-of", "of-his-hair", "than-hairs-of", "than-the-hairs-of", "the-hair", "the-hair-of"]·FR["de-hair-de", "de-poil", "de-son-hair", "de-un-hair-de", "le-hair", "שערת"]·heb["ה-שערה", "מ-שערות", "מ-שערת", "מ-שערתו", "שערת"]·HI["उसके-बाल-में-से", "बाल", "बाल-से", "से-बालों"]·ID["bulu-bulu", "dari-rambutnya", "dari-sehelai-rambut", "lebih-dari-rambut-rambut", "sehelai-rambut"]·IT["capello", "da-capelli-di", "da-un-capelli-di", "di-suo-capelli", "il-capelli", "il-capello-di"]·jav["rambut", "saking-rambut", "saking-rambut-rambut", "saking-rambutipun", "saking-rikmanipun", "tinimbang-rambut", "wulu"]·KO["-머리카락들-보다", "그의-머리카락에서", "로부터-머리카락이", "머리카락-들-보다", "머리카락에서", "털-하나", "털이"]·PT["de-cabelo-de", "de-seu-cabelo", "do-cabelo-de", "do-que-cabelos-de", "do-que-os-cabelos", "o-cabelo", "pelos-de"]·RU["больше-чем-волосы", "волос", "волосы", "из-волос", "от-волос", "от-волос-его", "свыше-волос"]·ES["cabellos-de", "de-cabello-de", "de-su-cabello", "el-cabello", "que-cabellos-de"]·SW["kuliko-nywele", "kuliko-nywele-za", "kutoka-nywele-ya", "na-akipatikana", "nywele", "nywele-za", "unywele"]·TR["-kıllarından", "kıla", "kılından", "saçlarından-", "saçından", "tüyleri"]·urd["بال-", "بال-سے", "بال-میں-سے", "بالوں-سے", "بالوں-میں-سے-اُس-کے", "رونگٹے", "مِن-بالوں"]
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
† שַׂעֲרָה n.f. a hair, nom. unit (Ges§ 122 times);—abs. Ju 20:16: cstr. in phr. מִשַּׂעֲרַת רֹאשׁוֹ 1 S 14:45 a single hair of his head, cf. 2 S 14:11 1 K 1:52 (v. מִן 3 b (d), Dr 1 S 14:45); שׂ׳ בְּשָׂרִי Jb 4:15 (appar. n. coll., 𝔊 𝔙 and most; Buhl proposes pl.); pl. cstr. שַׂעֲרוֹת רֹאשִׁי ψ 40:13; 69:5 (both as numerous).