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title: שָׁרָה — let loose · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁרָה (8281), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: let loose. BDB 1906: vb. let loose. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁרָה

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«שָׁרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **let loose** — 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:** 8281 · **BDB:** שָׁרָה

### Glosses

I (1); he (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

let loose [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8281/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. let loose [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8281/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. let loose (NH id., dissolve; Assyrian šarû, Pi. open (building, for use), dedicate it; tašr̂tu, dedication; Old Aramaic שרה loose, so Aramaic שְׁרָא, ܫܪܳܐ; Ethiopic ሰረየ; remit, condone);— Impf. 3 ms. sf. יִשְׁרֵ֫הוּ Jb 37:3 he (God) lets it loose (i.e. the thunder). Pf. 1 s. sf. שֵׁרִיתִ֫ךָ Je 15:11 Qr I will set thee free (cf. 40:4 𝔗 𝔖), but dub.; Kt שרותך (i.e. שָׁרוֹתִךָ, √ שׁרר), Thes Gie I vex thee \[שַׁרַר = צָרַר, very dub.\]; Ew al. RV strengthen thee; this yields best sense, but as Aramaic שׁרר is intrans., read then שֵׁרַרְתִּךָ or הֲשֵׁרוֹתִךָ, Dr; Jerome Rabb read שֵׁרִיתְךָ = שְׁאֵרִיתְךָ thy remnant (AV).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (19 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8281/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 37:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.3/)

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תַּֽחַת־כָּל־הַשָּׁמַ֥יִם יִשְׁרֵ֑הוּ וְ֝אוֹר֗וֹ עַל־כַּנְפ֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* under all the heavens he lets.it.loose and light his to the.corners of the.earth

*JPS 1917:* He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, and His lightning unto the ends of the earth.

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[Jeremiah 15:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.15.11/)

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אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אִם־לֹ֥א שֵֽׁרִיתִ֖יךָלְט֑וֹב אִם־ל֣וֹא ׀ הִפְגַּ֣עְתִּֽי בְךָ֗ בְּעֵ֥ת־רָעָ֛ה וּבְעֵ֥ת צָרָ֖ה אֶת־הָאֹיֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* he.said Yahweh if not I will.set.you.free for good if not I.will.cause.to.plead with you in a.time of.evil and in a.time of.distress (et) the enemy

*JPS 1917:* The LORD said: 'Verily I will release thee for good; verily I will cause the enemy to make supplication unto thee in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

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