תַּעַר m. (b. h.; עָרָה I) 1) (cmp. גלח) razor. Macc. III, 5 אינו חייב … בת׳ he is not guilty (of violating the law of Lev. XIX, 27), unless he takes it off with a razor. Ib. 21ᵃ כיצד גילוח … זה ת׳ what cutting is that with which destruction (of the hair-root) is connected? That which is done with the razor. Num. R. s. 10¹⁰; a. fr. —2) sheath. Y. M. Kat. III, 83ᶜ לאחר … חוזרת לתַעֲרָהּ after twelve months it (the sword of death) returns to its sheath; (Gen. R. s. 100 לנְדָנָהּ). Gen. R. s. 93 אחז … לשולפה מתערה וכ׳ Judah seized his sword to draw it out of its sheath, but it would not be drawn; a. e.