שְׁאֵרִית

n.f. rest, residue, remnant, remainder (= שָׁאָר);—שׁ׳ abs. 2 S 14:7 +, cstr. Ez 36:3 +, שֵׁרִית (Ges§ 23 f) 1 Ch 12:39 (van d. H. v 38); sf. שְׁאֵרִיתֵךְ Is 14:30; Ez 5:10, -תוֹ Is 44:17, -תָם Je 15:9;— rest, what is left, of wood Is 44:17, land 15:9 (‖ פְּלֵיטָה), Je 47:4, 5; Ez 25:16; שׁ׳ חֵמֹת ψ 76:11 is difficult (Gr [cf. Che] proposes חֲמָת Hamath, Du אֻמֹּת tribes); rest of princes Je 39:3, of nations (= the other nations, Toy) Ez 36:3, 4, 5; of Israel 1 Ch 12:39 (van d. H. v 38), 2 Ch 34:9; Ne 7:71 (van d. H. v 72); = last remnant of people, Philistines Am 1:8 (cf. We), Is 14:30, Edom Am 9:12, Anathoth Je 11:23, Ashdod 25:20, Babylon 50:26, Amalek 1 Ch 4:43 (+ הַפְּלֵיטָה), Isr. 2 K 21:14; Je 6:9; 15:9; remnant left after catastrophe Am 5:15; Je 8:3; 24:8; 40:11, 15; 41:10, 16; 42:2, 15, 19; 43:5; 44:12, 14, 28; Ez 5:10; 9:8; 11:13; Hag 1:12, 14; 2:2; even וְשַׂמְתִּי אֶת־הַצֹּלֵעָה לִשׁ׳ Mi 4:7 (as promise, ‖ גּוֹי עָצוּם, cf. GieBeiträge, 42 f.); = survivors Je 44:7, הַשּׁ׳ מִן־הַחֶרֶב 2 Ch 36:20; = faithful remnant of Israel or Judah (term. techn. of proph., cf. שְׁאָר ad fin.), 2 K 19:4 = Is 37:4; 2 K 19:31 (‖ פְּלֵיטָה) = Is 37:32 (‖ id.), Mi 2:12; 5:6, 7; 7:18; Ezr 9:14 (‖ id.), Is 46:3; Je 23:3; 31:7; Zp 2:7, 9 (‖ יֶתֶר), 3:13; Zc 8:6, 11, 12. remainder = descendants (= שְׁאָר Is 14:22): Gn 45:7, שֵׁם וּשׁ׳ 2 S 14:7.