וְ/שֵׂעָ֨ר
𐤅/𐤔𐤏𐤓
vesear
and hair
or שַׂעַר; (Isaiah 7:20), from שָׂעַר in the sense of dishevelling; hair (as if tossed or bristling); hair(-y), [idiom] rough.
Leviticus 13:3 · Word #7
Lexicon H8181
| Lemma | שֵׂעָר |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤔𐤏𐤓 |
| Transliteration | sêʻâr |
| Strong's | H8181 |
| In-context | and hair |
Morphology HC/Ncmsa
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 | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
SIBI-P1 H8181-09
and bristling-hair
| Root | שׂער (ś-ʿ-r) |
| Core Meanings | hairiness, bristling, roughness, סער: storming, agitation |
| Semantic Range | hair (of humans or animals), hairy growth, roughness; by extension descriptive of something shaggy or coarse. |
| Conceptual Significance | Hair in the Hebrew Bible can signify vitality, strength, natural maturity, or wildness. Its association with bristling or roughness connects it conceptually to imagery of untamed nature, storms, or ruggedness, reflecting the root’s broader semantic field of agitation or סער. |
| Morphological Notes | Conjunction וְ prefixed to a common masculine singular noun in the absolute state (Ncmsa). No pronominal suffix; singular form used as a collective noun. |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun שֵׂעָר derives from the root שׂער, conveying the idea of bristling or rough hair. Rendering it as "bristling-hair" preserves the vivid root sense of coarse or tossed hair, while the conjunction וְ is reflected in "and." The form is masculine singular absolute, which is maintained in the singular mass noun "hair." |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root שׂער (hairiness, bristling, roughness, סער: storming, agitation)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H8165-01 |
beseir | in Seir (the Rough-Highland) |
H8185-01 |
hasaarah | the hair-strand |
H8163-01 |
hasair | the shaggy he-goat |
Word Usage (28 occurrences of H8181)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 25:25 | שֵׂעָ֑ר | sear | of hair |
| Leviticus 13:3 | וְ/שֵׂעָ֨ר | vesear | and hair |
| Leviticus 13:4 | וּ/שְׂעָרָ֖/ה | usearah | and the hair of it |