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title: שַׁרְשְׁרָה — chain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁרְשְׁרָה (8333), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: chain. BDB 1906: n.f. chain. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁרְשְׁרָה

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«שַׁרְשְׁרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **chain** — 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:** 8333 · **BDB:** שַׁרְשְׁרָה

### Glosses

chains (6); of.chains (1); the.chains (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

chain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8333/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. chain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8333/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. (in spite of foll. sf. masc. Ex 28:14, Ges§ 135 o AlbrZAW xv (1895), 316, xvi (1896), 96) chain (Assyrian šaršarratu, chain, fetter; Mishn. שַׁרְשָׁרוֹת, Talm. שַׁרְשׁוּרָא, Syriac ܫܺܝܫܽܘܪܳܐ, chain or rope of fibres of palm-leaves, etc., NH שַׁלְשֶׁלֶת chain, 𝔗 שֵׁישְׁלָא, Syriac ܫܺܝܫܠܴܐ \[whence Arabic سِلْسِلَةٌ, v. Ethiopic ሰንሰል\], (connex. with שַׁר׳ denied by NöBSSW 56 Anm. 9));—pl. שַׁרְשְׁרוֹת, abs. 1 K 7:17 +, -רֹת abs. 2 Ch 3:15, cstr. Ex 28:14 +, שַׁרְשֹׁת v 22 (either abbrev. or textual error);—chains of wreathen work of gold, attached to ephod Ex 28:14(×2), 22; 39:15; ornaments on pillars at porch of temple 1 K 7:17 (גְּדִלִים מַעֲשֵׂה שׁ׳), ‖ 2 Ch 3:5, 16(×2).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁרְשְׁרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8333/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 28:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.22/)

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וְעָשִׂ֧יתָ עַל־הַחֹ֛שֶׁן שַֽׁרְשֹׁ֥ת גַּבְלֻ֖ת מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה עֲבֹ֑ת זָהָ֖ב טָהֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.make on the breastpiece chains of.twisting a.work of.cordage gold pure

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt make upon the breastplate plaited chains of wreathen work of pure gold.

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[Exodus 39:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.15/)

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וַיַּעֲשׂ֧וּ עַל־הַחֹ֛שֶׁן שַׁרְשְׁרֹ֥ת גַּבְלֻ֖ת מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה עֲבֹ֑ת זָהָ֖ב טָהֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* and they.made on the breastpiece chains of.twisting a.work of.cordage gold pure

*JPS 1917:* And they made upon the breastplate plaited chains, of wreathen work of pure gold.

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