Original: שָׂעַר

Transliteration: sâʻar

Phonetic: saw-ar'

Short Definition: Be afraid

Original: שׂער

Transliteration: śâ‛ar

Phonetic: saw-ar'

BDB Definition:

1. to storm, shiver, dread, bristle (with horror), be very afraid
   1. (Qal)
      1. to bristle (with horror)
      2. to dread
2. to storm away, sweep away, whirl away
   1. (Qal)
      1. to sweep away
      2. to storm away (of God's action against the wicked) (figuratively)
   2. (Niphal) to be stormy, be tempestuous (exceedingly)
   3. (Piel) to whirl away, be stormed away
   4. (Hithpael) to storm against, come as a storm

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 2274d,2275,2276

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