Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #8164 - שָׂעִיר sair (rain (drop))

Original Word:	שָׂעִיר
Transliteration:	sair
Definition:	rain (drop)
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(saw-eer')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

small rain

Formed the same as sa'iyr; a shower (as tempestuous) -- small rain.

see HEBREW sa'iyr

Englishman's Concordance

1) raindrops, rain showers
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: formed the same as H8163
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2277a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שְׂעִירִיםnoun [masculine] pluralrain (-drops), si vera lectio; (so according to Vrss and context; Thes compare II.שַׂעַר; Lag proposes רְסִיסִים); — עֲלֵידֶֿשֶׁא׳כִּשׂDeuteronomy 32:2 ("" מָטָר, טַל, רְבִיבִים).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 8164. שְׂעִירִם (sair) — 1 Occurrence
Deuteronomy 32:2
HEB:כַּטַּ֖ל אִמְרָתִ֑י כִּשְׂעִירִ֣ם עֲלֵי־ דֶ֔שֶׁא
NAS: as the dew, As the droplets on the fresh grass
KJV: as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb,
INT: as the dew my speech as the droplets on the fresh

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