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title: שָׂרַךְ — twist · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂרַךְ (8308), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: twist. BDB 1906: vb. twist. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂרַךְ

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«שָׂרַךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **twist** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 8308 · **BDB:** שָׂרַךְ

### Glosses

\[which\].entwines (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

twist [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8308/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. twist [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8308/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. twist (so 𝔗 סְרַךְ (= Heb. עִוָה, עִוֵּת); perhaps akin to שׂרג, סרג; Talm. סָרַךְ is adhere, cf. Aramaic ܣܪܰܟ, ܣܪܶܟ; Arabic شَرَكَ is share, participate, but شِرَاكٌ sandal-thong, شَرَكٌ snare);— Pt. fs. מְשָׂרֶכֶת דְּרָכֶיהָ Je 2:23 a swift dromedary entangling her ways (galloping aimlessly; fig.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂרַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8308/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 2:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.23/)

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אֵ֣יךְ תֹּאמְרִ֞י לֹ֣א נִטְמֵ֗אתִי אַחֲרֵ֤י הַבְּעָלִים֙ לֹ֣א הָלַ֔כְתִּי רְאִ֤י דַרְכֵּךְ֙ בַּגַּ֔יְא דְּעִ֖י מֶ֣ה עָשִׂ֑ית בִּכְרָ֥ה קַלָּ֖ה מְשָׂרֶ֥כֶת דְּרָכֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* how? will.you.say not I.have.made.myself.unclean after the Baals not I.have.walked consider conduct your in the valley recognize what? have.you.done a.young.camel swift \[which\].entwines paths its

*JPS 1917:* How canst thou say: 'I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim'? See thy way in the Valley, know what thou hast done; thou art a swift young camel traversing her ways;

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