סָמַרçâmar

bristle up

Pronunciation: saw-mar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5568

Meanings

Qal: 'creep.' (Psalms 119:20)

Same root

זָמַרzâmar · H2168to trim (a vine)
מַסְמֵרmaçmêr · H4548a peg (as bristling from the surface)
סָמָרçâmâr · H5569bristling, i.e. shaggy

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

Job 4:15 A spirit swept past my face, and my hair stood on end.
Psalms 119:120 I tremble in fear of you; I stand in awe of your regulations.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).