to remain
sha.ar describes people or things left after others are removed, and the act of leaving some behind.
The term most often marks persons, groups, or things that are still present after destruction, exile, flight, or other reduction; it can also describe the deliberate act of leaving someone or something behind. The supplied forms include Niphal participles and finite forms for those remaining, alongside Hiphil forms in clauses about not leaving, leaving alive, or preserving a remnant.
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Still present after others are gone · dominant
Niphal forms identify those left after a reduction or separation: in Genesis 7:23 the APB renders the outcome, "only Noah was left," while in 2 Kings 24:14 no one remained except the poorest people. In 1 Samuel 11:11, survivors are scattered so that no two remained together; in 2 Kings 19:30 the surviving remnant of Judah is described as taking root and bearing fruit.
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Leave or preserve what is not removed · common
Hiphil forms occur where an agent does not eliminate everything. In 1 Kings 19:18 the APB renders the clause, "I will leave seven thousand in Israel," and in 2 Kings 25:12 the captain of the guard leaves some of the poorest people to work the land. Negative clauses in 1 Kings 15:29 and Deuteronomy 2:34 describe leaving no survivor.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, its wording cannot always be assigned to this term alone. In the cited clauses it describes the outcomes with phrases such as "only Noah was left," "no one remained," and "left some of the poorest people."