סָמַר
samar · bristle, stand up
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5568 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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samar (סָמַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “bristle, stand up”.
To bristle, for the hair to stand on end from fear.
How to say it
sa·mar
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Hair standing on end from fear.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- bristled ×1
- bristles ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 4:15
A spirit passed over my face; the hair of my flesh bristled.
- Psalms 119:120
My flesh bristles from dread of you, and of your rules I am afraid.