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title: שָׂרַג — be intertwined · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂרַג (8276), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: be intertwined. BDB 1906: vb. be intertwined. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂרַג

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«שָׂרַג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be intertwined** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 8276 · **BDB:** שָׂרַג

### Glosses

they.are.intertwined (1); they.are.woven.together (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be intertwined [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8276/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be intertwined [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8276/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be intertwined (Talm. סָרַג Pi. enmesh, weave around; Aramaic ܣܪܰܓ intertwine, involve, סְרַג entwine; Arabic شَرَجَ set in order, join, weave, mix);—Impf. 3 mpl. יְשׂרָ֑גוּ Jb 40:17 are intertwined (of sinews of hippopot.). Impf. 3 mpl. יִשְׂתָּֽרְגוּ La 1:14 they intertwine themselves (fig. of פְּשָׁעַי).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂרַג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8276/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 40:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.17/)

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יַחְפֹּ֣ץ זְנָב֣וֹ כְמוֹ־אָ֑רֶז גִּידֵ֖י פַחֲדָ֣יו יְשֹׂרָֽגוּ׃

*Word for word:* it.stiffens tail its like a.cedar the.tendons its.thighs his they.are.intertwined

*JPS 1917:* He straineth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.

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[Lamentations 1:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.1.14/)

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נִשְׂקַד֩ עֹ֨ל פְּשָׁעַ֜י בְּיָד֗וֹ יִשְׂתָּֽרְג֛וּ עָל֥וּ עַל־צַוָּארִ֖י הִכְשִׁ֣יל כֹּחִ֑י נְתָנַ֣נִי אֲדֹנָ֔י בִּידֵ֖י לֹא־אוּכַ֥ל קֽוּם׃ס

*Word for word:* it.has.been.bound.on the.yoke my.transgressions my by hand his they.are.woven.together they.have.come.up on neck my he.has.made.feeble strength my he has.given.me Lord \[the\] in the.hands of.\[those.whom\].not I.am.able to.stand

*JPS 1917:* The yoke of my transgressions is impressed by His hand; they are knit together, they are come up upon my neck; He hath made my strength to fail; the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.

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