Sa'ir (שעיר) means hairy in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
hairy
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Sa'ir.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1שגופו, או איבר מאברי־גופו למעט הראש, מכוסה בשיער לרוב.
וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב אֶל-רִבְקָה אִמּוֹ הֵן עֵשָׂו אָחִי אִישׁ שָׂעִר וְאָנֹכִי אִישׁ חָלָק.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Sa'ir is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- שָׂעִיר
- Written without vowel points
- שעיר
- Said
- sa'ir
- Root
- ש־ע־ר
- Pattern
- קָטִיל
- Feminine form
- שְׂעִירָה ר' שְׂעִירִים נ"ר שְׂעִירוֹת
- Inflections
- נ' שְׂעִירָה ר' שְׂעִירִים נ"ר שְׂעִירוֹת
- Gematria
- 580
This is how Sa'ir is said in other languages.
- English
- hairy
- Arabic
- مشعر
- Russian
- волосатый
- French
- poilu
- Spanish
- peludo
- German
- behaart, haarig
- Yiddish
- האָריק
These words mean nearly the same as Sa'ir.
- פרוותי
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Sa'ir.
- חלק
- קרח
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Sa'ir.
The word Sa'ir comes from the root ש־ע־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Sa'ir in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sa'ir.
What does Sa'ir (שעיר) mean in Hebrew?
Sa'ir (שעיר) means hairy. It is said sa'ir, with the stress on ir.
What is a synonym for Sa'ir (שעיר)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Sa'ir (שעיר) are פרוותי.
What is the opposite of Sa'ir (שעיר)?
Words that mean the opposite of Sa'ir (שעיר) are חלק and קרח.
What rhymes with Sa'ir (שעיר)?
Words that rhyme with Sa'ir (שעיר) include מכשיר, עיר, אוויר, ציר, שיר, and צעיר.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שעיר of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.