Words the Bible translates as residue
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- she'eritשְׁאֵרִיתwhat is left of a larger whole after the rest is gone: the survivors of a people, or the remainder of a thing
- she'arשְׁאָרwhat is left of a larger whole: the rest, the remainder, or the surviving remnant
- she'arשְׁאָרthe rest: whatever is left of a group or a supply once part of it has been named or taken
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