Job 18:20:6Job.18.20.W6TAB
שָֽׂעַר׃
saar
“horror or dread”
- Transliteration
- SA-ar
- Extended
- SAA-ah r
- IPA
- /ˈsaː.ʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- horror or dread
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SA-ar
- phraseyour reading level
a-kha-ZU SA-ar
- clause
ve-kad-mo-NIM a-kha-ZU SA-ar
- sentence
al-YO-mo na-SHAM-mu a-kha-ro-NIM ve-kad-mo-NIM a-kha-ZU SA-ar
Exegesis
The second clause, coordinated by vav, mirrors this structure: veqadmonim {וְ֝קַדְמֹנִ֗ים | wə-qadmōnîm} ‘and former ones’ + achazu {אָ֣חֲזוּ | ʾāḥăzû} ‘seized’ + saar {שָֽׂעַר | śāʿar} ‘horror.’ Together, acharonim and qadmonim form a merism that conveys a universal response across time. Perfect verbs in both clauses present these reactions as settled truths, consistent with wisdom-poetry’s portrayal of the fate awaiting the wicked.
Root and etymology
consonantssin–ayin–resh
“hair; shuddering dread”
In context — Job 18:20
At his day , the later ones are appalled, and the former ones are seized with horror .
About this coordinate
Job 18:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 18:20, so the Hebrew word שָֽׂעַר׃ (saar) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Job.18.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.20.W6.S1) and character.