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title: שֹׁרֶשׁ — root · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֹׁרֶשׁ (8328), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 33 times: root. BDB 1906: n.m. root Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֹׁרֶשׁ

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«שֹׁרֶשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **root** — 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:** 33 times · **Key:** 8328 · **BDB:** שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ

### Glosses

root (14); roots (11); a.root (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

root [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8328/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. root Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8328/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dt 29:17 root;—שׁ׳ abs. Dt 29:17 +, cstr. Is 11:10 +; sf. שָׁרְשִׁי Jb 29:19, etc.; pl. cstr. שָׁרְשֵׁי 13:27 (v. infr.) 36:30, sf. שָֽׁרָשָׁיו Am 2:9 +, שָֽׁרָשֶׁיהָ Ez 17:7 +;— root of people under fig. of tree, involving firmness, permanence, Am 2:9; Ho 9:16; 14:6; Is 14:30; 2 K 19:30 = Is 37:31;—שָׁרְשָׁם Ju 5:14 is prob. corrupt, v. GFM;—so of pers. (cf. Ph., Eshmunazar 11 GACooke pp. 30, 36) Is 5:24; Mal 3:19; Jb 8:17; 18:16; 29:19; Pr 12:3, 12; = stock, family Is 11:1, 10; Dn 11:7, cf. (of serpent) Is 14:29; = source or cause Dt 29:17, שׁ׳ דָּבָר Jb 19:28. lit root of tree or shrub Je 17:8 (sim.), Ez 31:7 (metaph. of people), Is 53:2 (sim.), Jb 14:8; 30:4; of vine (metaph. of people) Ez 17:6, 7, 9(×2) ψ 80:10 (acc. cogn. c. שׁרשׁ Hiph.). root, fig. = lowest stratum, of mt. Jb 28:9, of sea 36:30 = bottom (text strange and dub.: Du רָאשֵׁי הָרִים, with אֵדוֹ in v a); of feet, שָׁרְשֵׁי רַגְלַי 13:27, i.e. soles Ew Di De Da al. (elsewhere כַּף), Bu place of treading, footholds; Du (arbitrarily) שָׁרְשִׁי, del. רגלי.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 32 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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 «שֹׁרֶשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8328/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 8:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.17/)

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עַל־גַּ֭ל שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ בֵּ֖ית אֲבָנִ֣ים יֶחֱזֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* over a.heap roots its they.are.entangled between stones it.sees

*JPS 1917:* His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.

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[Proverbs 12:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.12.12/)

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חָמַ֣ד רָ֭שָׁע מְצ֣וֹד רָעִ֑ים וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ צַדִּיקִ֣ים יִתֵּֽן׃

*Word for word:* he.covets a.wicked.\[person\] a.net of.evil.\[things\] and.\[the\] root of.righteous.\[people\] it.yields.produce

*JPS 1917:* The wicked desireth the prey of evil men; but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

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