H8300 H8300
survivor, one who remains — a person left alive after military defeat, disaster, or divine judgment
Sarid denotes a survivor or remnant individual who has escaped destruction, appearing 29 times predominantly in conquest and judgment narratives. The word carries a grim military edge: its most characteristic setting is the formulaic annihilation notice 'until no survivor was left,' repeated throughout the Deuteronomistic account of Israel's wars against Sihon (Num 21:35; Deut 2:34; 3:3), the Canaanite kings (Josh 10:28-40; 11:8), and later enemies (2 Kgs 10:11). In prophetic literature, the absence or presence of a sarid becomes a measure of divine judgment: YHWH left Israel a sarid 'like Sodom' (Isa 1:9), and Obadiah warns that 'there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau' (Obad 18). Jeremiah threatens the same for those fleeing to Egypt (Jer 42:17; 44:14). Joel transforms the image redemptively: 'among the survivors whom YHWH calls' (Joel 2:32). Spanish 'sobreviviente' and French 'survivant' capture the concept directly.
Senses
1. survivor, one who remains — A person who survives military destruction or divine judgment, often paired with palit ('fugitive, escapee'). Dominates the conquest formula 'until no survivor remained' in Deuteronomy and Joshua (Num 21:35; Deut 2:34; Josh 10:28-40). Prophetically, the presence of a sarid signals God's mercy — Isaiah's remnant spared from Sodom's fate (Isa 1:9), Joel's survivors whom YHWH calls (Joel 2:32) — while its absence signals total judgment (Obad 18; Jer 42:17; 44:14). 29×
AR["بَاقٍ","بَاقِيًا","بَقِيَّةً","بَقِيَّةٌ","شَارِدًا","شَارِدٍ","شَريداً","شَريدٍ","وَبَاقٍ"]·ben["অবশিষ্ট","অবশিষ্টাংশ","এবং-অবশিষ্ট","এবং-বেঁচে-থাকা","বেঁচে-থাকা"]·DE["[ושריד]","[שריד]","ein-survivor","survivor"]·EN["a-survivor","for-the-survivor","is-left","or-escapee","or-survivor","survivor"]·FR["et-survivant","survivant","survivor","un-survivant","un-survivor"]·heb["ו-שריד","שריד"]·HI["और-बचा-हुआ","और-शेष","जीवित","बचा-हुआ","बचे-हुओं-को","सारीद"]·ID["dan-yang-selamat","orang-yang-selamat","seorang-pun-yang-tersisa","sisa","yang-selamat","yang-tersisa"]·IT["e-superstite","per-il-survivor","superstite","survivor","un-survivor","è-left"]·jav["ingkang-langkung","ingkang-tilar","lan-tiyang-kantun","sisaning","tiyang-gesang","tiyang-ingkang-kantun","tiyang-ingkang-lolos","tiyang-kantun","utawi-ingkang-gesang"]·KO["그리고-남은-자-가","그리고-생존자","생존자","생존자-를","생존자가","생존자를","생존자와"]·PT["e-sobrevivente","sobrevivente"]·RU["и-оставшегося","и-уцелевшего","остатка","уцелевшего","уцелевшее"]·ES["el-sobreviviente","ni-sobreviviente","sobreviviente"]·SW["aliyebaki","aliyeokoka","aliyesalia","au-aliyebaki","au-aliyesalimika","kilichobaki","mabaki","msaidizi","mtu-aliyenusurika","mtu-yeyote","mwenye-kupona"]·TR["kalanı","kalıntı","kurtulan","sağ","sağ-kalanı","ve-kurtulan","ve-sağ-kalan"]·urd["اور-بچا-ہوا","باقی","باقی-ماندوں","بچا","بچا ہوا","بچا-ہوا","کوئی-بچا-ہوا","یا-باقی"]
Num 21:35, Num 24:19, Deut 2:34, Deut 3:3, Josh 8:22, Josh 10:20, Josh 10:28, Josh 10:30, Josh 10:33, Josh 10:37, Josh 10:39, Josh 10:40 (+17 more)
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
† I. שָׂרִיד n.m. Je 47:4 survivor (from a defeat, etc.);—abs. שׂ׳ Is 1:9 +; sf. שְׂרִידוֹ Jb 27:15 Kt; pl. שְׂרִידִים Jos 10:20 Jo 3:5; cstr. שְׂרִידֵי Je 31:2; sf. שְׂרִידָיו Ob 14 + Jb 27:15 Qr (van d. H. also Kt);— 1. survivor (often ‖ פָּלִיט): especially עַד בִּלְתִּי הִשְׁאִיר לוֹ שׂ׳ Nu 21:35; Jos 8:22 (both JE), Dt 3:3; Jos 10:33; 11:8; 2 K 10:11 (all D); more simply, לֹא הִשׁ׳ שׂ׳ Dt…