תַ֨עַר֙ — Numbers 8:7 Hebrew Word Study

תַ֨עַר֙

𐤕𐤏𐤓

taar

razor

from עָרָה; a knife or razor (as making bare); also a scabbard (as being bare, i.e. empty); (pen-) knife, razor, scabbard, shave, sheath.

Numbers 8:7 · Word #10

Lexicon `H8593`

Part of Speech	`N` — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype	`c` — Common — Common noun
Gender	`b` — Both — Both (masculine and feminine)
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular
State	`a` — Absolute — The noun stands independently

a baring-blade

Root	ערה (ʿ-r-h)
Core Meanings	to make bare, uncover, lay open, pour out
Semantic Range	razor, shaving knife, blade used to make bare; by extension a scabbard or sheath (as something left bare/empty)
Conceptual Significance	In biblical contexts, the razor symbolizes exposure, humiliation, mourning, purification rites (e.g., Nazirite vows), or divine judgment that "lays bare." The underlying root idea of uncovering reinforces themes of vulnerability, consecration, or stripping away under YHWH’s action.
Morphological Notes	Feminine singular common noun; appears in both absolute (HNcbsa) and construct (HNcbsc) states. No pronominal suffix in the listed forms.
Rendering Rationale	תַּעַר is a feminine singular noun (absolute or construct) derived from the root ערה, "to make bare." Rendering it as "a baring-blade" preserves the core idea of making bare while reflecting the singular noun form indicated in the morphology.

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

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H6169-01`	arot	bared places
`H6168-01`	arot	laid-bare places
`H6168-02`	aru	you men have laid bare
`H8593-01`	betaar	with a baring-razor
`H8593-02`	betaerah	in her baring-sheath
`H6168-03`	erah	having-been-laid-bare (masculine singular)
`H6172-01`	erevah	nakedness
`H6172-02`	erevat	the bareness of
`H6172-03`	erevatah	her uncovered nakedness
`H6172-04`	erevatan	their exposed bareness
`H6172-05`	erevatekha	your bareness
`H6172-06`	erevatekhe	your exposed nakedness
`H6172-07`	erevato	his nakedness
`H6181-01`	ereyah	bareness
`H6168-04`	heerah	he has laid bare
`H4631-08`	hmrh	the hollowed cavern
`H4626-01`	kemaar	according to the bare-place of
`H8593-03`	ketaar	like a baring-razor
`H4626-02`	maerekhe	your bareness
`H4631-10`	mearat	bare-place cave of
`H4629-01`	mimaareh	from the bare-place of
`H8593-04`	mitaerah	from her baring-sheath
`H4630-01`	mmrvt	from cave-hollows of
`H8593-06`	taerah	her baring-sheath
`H8593-07`	taerekhe	your baring-razor
`H6168-05`	tear	may you strip utterly bare
`H4638-01`	umaarat	and Hollow-Place
`H4632-01`	umearah	and Mearah (Hollow-place)
`H6168-06`	umiteareh	and making himself bare
`H6168-07`	vatear	and she laid bare
`H6173-01`	vearevat	and the nakedness of
`H6172-08`	veerevat	and the bareness of
`H6181-02`	veereyah	and nakedness
`H6168-08`	vetiteari	and you will lay yourself bare
`H6168-09`	viaru	and they lay bare
`H6168-10`	yeareh	he lays bare / he is laid bare

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Numbers 6:5	תַּ֖עַר	taar	razor
Numbers 8:7	תַ֨עַר֙	taar	razor
1 Samuel 17:51	מִ/תַּעְרָ/הּ֙	mitaerah	from its sheath
2 Samuel 20:8	בְּ/תַעְרָ֔/הּ	betaerah	in its sheath
Isaiah 7:20	בְּ/תַ֨עַר	betaar	with a razor
Jeremiah 36:23	בְּ/תַ֣עַר	betaar	with a knife
Jeremiah 47:6	תַּעְרֵ֔/ךְ	taerekhe	your-throat
Ezekiel 5:1	תַּ֤עַר	taar	razor
Ezekiel 21:8	מִ/תַּעְרָ֑/הּ	mitaerah	from-its-sheath
Ezekiel 21:9	מִ/תַּעְרָ֛/הּ	mitaerah	from its sheath
Ezekiel 21:10	מִ/תַּעְרָ֑/הּ	mitaerah	from-its-sheath
Ezekiel 21:35	תַּעְרָ֑/הּ	taerah	its sheath
Psalms 52:4	כְּ/תַ֥עַר	ketaar	like a razor