se.ar denotes bodily hair, whether examined for skin conditions, allowed to grow, shaved, or used in descriptions of appearance.

The term consistently denotes bodily hair: it is inspected as part of skin examination in Leviticus 13:3, shaved or allowed to grow in Leviticus 14:9 and Numbers 6:5, and describes a person's appearance or hair imagery in 2 Samuel 14:26 and Song of Songs 4:1.

1. Bodily hair in examination, grooming, and description · dominant

   In Leviticus 13:3, the absolute singular occurs in the examination clause where the APB renders the hair in a skin plague as having turned white; Leviticus 14:9 places construct forms in instructions to shave all the person's hair. In Numbers 6:5 the construct form belongs to the clause about letting the hair of the head grow long, while 2 Samuel 14:26 concerns cutting and weighing the hair of the head. Song of Songs 4:1 uses a construct form in the comparison of the woman's hair to a flock of goats, and Zechariah 13:4 refers to a cloak of hair.

   Leviticus 13:3Leviticus 14:9Numbers 6:52 Samuel 14:26Song of Songs 4:1Zechariah 13:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “hair,” including hair of the head, beard, brows, or a skin plague; it also uses “hairy” and “cloak of hair” where the verse describes appearance or clothing. Psalm 68:22 supplies no obvious English expression corresponding to the term.