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title: שְׂרוֹךְ — thong · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׂרוֹךְ (8288), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: thong. BDB 1906: thong. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׂרוֹךְ

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«שְׂרוֹךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thong** — 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:** 8288 · **BDB:** שְׂרוֹךְ

### Glosses

a.thong (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thong [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8288/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

thong [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8288/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] (sandal-)thong (? from above √, as crossed and twisted over the foot; on vocalization cf. Arabic supra, Ges§ 84 a n BaNB § 42 e);—cstr., שְׂ׳־נַעַל Gn 14:23; Is 5:27.

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׂרוֹךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8288/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 14:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.14.23/)

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אִם־מִחוּט֙ וְעַ֣ד שְׂרֽוֹךְ־נַ֔עַל וְאִם־אֶקַּ֖ח מִכָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לָ֑ךְ וְלֹ֣א תֹאמַ֔ר אֲנִ֖י הֶעֱשַׁ֥רְתִּי אֶת־אַבְרָֽם׃

*Word for word:* if from a.thread and unto a.thong of.a.sandal and if I.will.take any of.all that \[belongs\].to you and not you.will.say I I.made.rich (et) Abram

*JPS 1917:* that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say: I have made Abram rich;

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[Isaiah 5:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.5.27/)

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אֵין־עָיֵ֤ף וְאֵין־כּוֹשֵׁל֙ בּ֔וֹ לֹ֥א יָנ֖וּם וְלֹ֣א יִישָׁ֑ן וְלֹ֤א נִפְתַּח֙ אֵז֣וֹר חֲלָצָ֔יו וְלֹ֥א נִתַּ֖ק שְׂר֥וֹךְ נְעָלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* there.\[is\].not a.weary.\[one\] and there.\[is\].not \[one.who\].stumbles among it not anyone.will.slumber and not anyone.will.sleep and not it.has.been.opened the.loincloth its.loins his and not it.has.been.torn.apart a.thong its.sandals his

*JPS 1917:* None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken;

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