1 rest, what is left, of wood Isaiah 44:17, land Isaiah 15:9 ("" מְּלֵיטָה), Jeremiah 47:4,5; Ezekiel 25:16; חֵמֹת ׳שׁ Psalm 76: difficult (Gr [compare Che] proposes חֲמָת Hamath, Du אֻמֹּת tribes); rest of princes Jeremiah 39:3, of nations ( = the other nations, Toy) Ezekiel 36:3,4,5; of Israel 1 Chronicles 12:39 (van d. H. v.1 Chronicles 12:38), 2 Chronicles 34:9; Nehemiah 7:71 (van d. H. Nehemiah 7:72); = last remnant of people, Philistines Amos 1:8 (compare We), Isaiah 14:30, Edom Amos 9:12, Anathoth Jeremiah 11:23, Ashdod Jeremiah 25:20, Babylon Jeremiah 50:26, Amalek 1 Chronicles 4:43(+ הַמְּלֵיטָה), Israel 2 Kings 21:14; Jeremiah 6:9; Jeremiah 15:9; remnant left after catastrophe Amos 5:15; Jeremiah 8:3; Jeremiah 24:8; Jeremiah 40:11,15; Jeremiah 41:10,16; Jeremiah 42:2,15,19; Jeremiah 43:5; Jeremiah 44:12,14,28; Ezekiel 5:10; Ezekiel 9:8; Ezekiel 11:13; Haggai 1:12,14; Haggai 2:2, even ׳וְשַׂמְתִּי אֶתהַֿצֹּלֵעָה לִשׁ Micah 4:7 (as promise, "" עָצוּם compare Gie^{Beiträge, 42f.}); = survivors Jeremiah 44:7, מִןהַֿחֶרֶב ׳הַשּׁ2Chronicles 36:20; = faithful remnant of Israel or Judah (technical term of prophets, compare שְׁאָר near the end), 2 Kings 19:4=Isaiah 37:4; 2 Kings 19:31 ("" מְּלֵיטָה) = Isaiah 37:32 ("" id.), Micah 2:12; Micah 5:6; Micah 5:7; Micah 7:18; Ezra 9:14 ("" id.), Isaiah 46:3; Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 31:7; Zephaniah 2:7,9 ("" יֶתֶר), Zephaniah 3:13; Zechariah 8:6,11,12.

2 remainder = descendants ( = שְׁאָר Isaiah 14:22): Genesis 45:7, ׳שֵׁם וּשׁ 2 Samuel 14:7.

II. שׁאר (√ of following; compare Assyrian šêru, Punic שאר, flesh, Arabic blood-revenge, so Sabean תֿאר, SabDenkm^{No. 5, 1. 7}; perhaps originally blood (compare Jeremiah 51:35), Nö^{ZMG xi (1886), 723 and} Id^{M 101,} who compare Mandean תירתא = conscience, mind, etc., perhaps properly midriff, compare Hoffm^below).