H8593

תַּ֫עַר

ta.arH:N

razor

1) razor, sheath (making naked) 1a) razor 1b) sheath (of sword)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

תַּ֫עַר noun masculinePs 52:4 and (Isa 7:20) feminine razor, sheath; —

1. a. razor, absolute ׳יְגַלַּח בְּת Isa 7:20 (figurative); subject of לֹא יַעֲבֹר עַלרֿאֹשׁ Num 6:5, object of הֶעֱבִיר עַלֿ Num 8:7 (P), compare construct הַגַּלָּבִים ׳ת Ezek 5:1 absolute מְלֻטָּשׁ ׳כְּת Ps 52:4 (simile of tongue).
  b. construct הַסֹּפֵר ׳ת Jer 36:23 = penknife.
2. sheath, always suffix of sword: בְּתַעְרָהּ 2Sam 20:8 of drawing sword, ׳שָׁלַף מִתּ 1Sam 17:51, ׳הוֺצִיא מִתּ Ezek 21:8; Ezek 21:10, ׳תֵּצֵא מִתּ v.Ezek 21:9 of sheathing, הֵאָֽסְפִי אֶלתַּֿרְעֵךְ Jer 47:6 הָשַׁב אֶלתַּֿעְרָהּ Ezek 21:35.


8 occurrences

Numbers (2), I Samuel (1), II Samuel (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (1)