Lexicon
שְׂעַר
se.ar
H8177
A:N-M Hebrew

hair

3
Occurrences
1
Books
Hebrew
Language

se.ar denotes hair, shown in references to the hair of a head.

The attested use denotes hair in construct expressions concerning a head: Daniel 3:27 describes hair unharmed by fire, and Daniel 7:9 compares the hair of a head to clean wool.

Senses in use

  1. Hair in reference to a head · dominant

    In Daniel 3:27, the construct noun occurs in the clause about the men's heads; the APB renders that their “hair of their heads was not singed.” In Daniel 7:9, the same construct form occurs in the description of the seated figure, where the APB renders “the hair of his head was like clean wool.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly presents the term in Daniel 3:27 and Daniel 7:9 through phrases about the “hair” of a head. Its wording in Daniel 4:30 does not make this term's particular contribution clear.

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