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title: שָׁרַשׁ — deal with the roots · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁרַשׁ (8327), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: deal with the roots. BDB 1906: vb. denom. deal with the roots Pu. Poʿēl Poʿal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁרַשׁ

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«שָׁרַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **deal with the roots** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 8327 · **BDB:** שָׁרַשׁ

### Glosses

he (1); it.has.taken.root (1); it.took.root (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

deal with the roots [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8327/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. deal with the roots Pu. Poʿēl Poʿal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8327/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. = deal with the roots;— root up, out: Pf. 3 ms. sf. consec. וְשֵׁרֶשְׁךָ ψ 52:7 he shall root thee up from (מִן) the land of the living; of fire (burn) roots, root: Impf. 3 fs. תְּשָׁרֵשׁ בְּ Jb 31:12 fire (fig.) roots at all my increase. Pu. Impf. 3 mpl. יְשֹׁרָשׁוּ 31:8 be rooted up (of produce). Poʿēl take root, establish oneself firmly: Pf. 3 ms. שֹׁרֵשׁ בָּאָרֶץ גִּזְעָם Is 40:24 (fig. of princes, etc.). Poʿal id.: Pf. 3 mpl. שֹׁרָ֔שׁוּ Je 12:2 (fig. of wicked). id.: Impf. 3 ms. יַשְׁרֵשׁ Is 27:6 (fig. of Isr.); 3 fs. וַתַּשְׁרֵשׁ ψ 80:10 (id.; c. acc. cogn.); Pt. מַשְׁרִישׁ Jb 5:3 (fig. of pers.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁרַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8327/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 31:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.31.8/)

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אֶ֭זְרְעָה וְאַחֵ֣ר יֹאכֵ֑ל וְֽצֶאֱצָאַ֥י יְשֹׁרָֽשׁוּ׃

*Word for word:* let.me.sow and another let.him.eat and produce(s) my let.them.be.rooted.up

*JPS 1917:* Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

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[Job 5:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.3/)

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אֲ‍ֽנִי־רָ֭אִיתִי אֱוִ֣יל מַשְׁרִ֑ישׁ וָאֶקּ֖וֹב נָוֵ֣הוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃

*Word for word:* I I.have.seen a.fool taking.root and I.cursed habitation his suddenly

*JPS 1917:* I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed.

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