שַׁאֲרָה
shaara · close relative (woman)
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7608 · appears 1 time in the Bible
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shaara (שַׁאֲרָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “close relative (woman)”.
A close female relative, of the same blood.
How to say it
sha·a·ra
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
- A woman of one's own blood, immediate family.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Leviticus 18:17
The nakedness of a woman and her daughter you shall not uncover; you shall not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are close relatives; it is infamy.