בִּשְׂרָ֖/א

𐤁𐤔𐤓/𐤀

bisera

flesh

(Aramaic) corresponding to בָּשָׂר; {flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman}; flesh.

H1321

Daniel 2:11 · Word #18

Lexicon H1321

Lemmaבְּשַׁר
Lemma (Paleo)𐤁𐤔𐤓
Transliterationbᵉshar
Strong'sH1321
In-contextflesh

Morphology ANcmsd/Td All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State d — Determined — The noun is definite

SIBI-P1 H1321-01

in the flesh

Rootבשר (b-š-r)
Core Meaningsflesh, bodily substance, meat, kinship, living body
Semantic Rangephysical flesh, the body, mortal humanity, living beings, close kin ("one’s own flesh"), sometimes the physical or sexual organs by euphemism
Conceptual Significance"Flesh" in biblical thought emphasizes human mortality, frailty, and embodied existence. It highlights the tangible, creaturely nature of humanity in contrast to the רוח (spirit), underscoring dependence and vulnerability before God.
Morphological NotesAramaic noun, common masculine singular, emphatic/determined state (ending -ָא), with prefixed preposition בְּ (“in”).
Rendering RationaleThe noun בְּשַׁר (Aramaic בִּשְׂרָא) denotes "flesh" in the concrete, bodily sense. The form is masculine singular in the emphatic (determined) state, with the prefixed preposition בְּ (“in”), thus "in the flesh," preserving both the singular masculine form and the definite sense marked in Aramaic.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root בשר (flesh, bodily substance, meat, kinship, living body)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H1320-01 babasar in the flesh
H1320-02 basar flesh
H1319-01 baseru you (masculine plural) proclaimed glad tidings
H1320-03 besar flesh-of
H1320-04 besarah her flesh
H1320-05 besaram the flesh of them
H1320-06 besarekha your flesh
H1320-07 besarekhem your (masc. pl.) flesh
H1320-08 besarenu the flesh of us
H1320-09 besari my flesh
H1320-10 besaro his flesh
H1309-01 besorah a glad-tiding
H1320-11 bivesar in the flesh of
H1320-12 bivesarah in her flesh
H1320-13 bivesarekhem in your flesh (masculine plural)
H1320-14 bivesari in my flesh-body
H1320-15 habasar the flesh
H1308-01 habesor the Good-Tidings Stream
H1319-02 khimevaser as a herald of glad-tidings
H1320-16 kivesar like the flesh of
H1320-17 kivesaro like his flesh
H1320-18 levasar as flesh
H1319-03 levaser to herald glad tidings
H1320-19 livesari to my flesh
H1319-04 mevaser a bearer of glad-tidings
H1319-05 mevaseret she who brings glad-tidings
H1320-20 mibesar from flesh-of
H1320-21 mibesaram from their flesh
H1320-22 mibesarekha from your own flesh
H1320-23 mibesarekhem from your flesh
H1320-24 mibesari from my own flesh
H1320-25 mibesaro from his flesh
H1319-06 tevaser you herald glad-tidings
H1320-26 ukhevasar and as flesh
H1320-27 umibesarekha and from your flesh
H1320-28 umibesari and from my flesh
H1320-29 uvasar and flesh
H1320-30 uvesar and flesh-of
H1320-31 uvesaram and the flesh of them
H1320-32 uvesarekha and your flesh
H1320-34 uvesari and the flesh of me
H1320-35 uvesaro and his flesh
H1319-07 uvisareta and you proclaimed glad tidings
H1320-36 uvivesaram and in the flesh of them
H1320-37 uvivesari and in my flesh
H1320-38 vasar flesh
H1320-39 vehabasar and the flesh
H1320-40 vesarenu our flesh
H1320-41 vesari my flesh
H1320-42 vesaro his flesh

Word Usage (3 occurrences of H1321)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Daniel 2:11 בִּשְׂרָ֖/א bisera flesh
Daniel 4:9 בִּשְׂרָֽ/א bisera flesh-the
Daniel 7:5 בְּשַׂ֥ר besar flesh