סָרַח
sa.rach
“to overrun”
Definition
to extend (even to excess)
a primitive root;
- to go free, be unrestrained, be overrun, exceed, overhang, grow luxuriously 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go free, be unrestrained, sprawl 1a1a) overrunning, spreading (participle) 1a2) to overhang 1b) (Niphal) to be let loose or dismissed or gone
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
סָרַח appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
You lie on beds inlaid with ivory,and lounge upon your couches.You dine on lambs from the flockand calves from the stall.
Therefore, you will now go into exileas the first of the captives,and your feasting and loungingwill come to an end.
As for the overlap that remains of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over shall hang down over the back of the tabernacle.
And the tent curtains will be a cubit longer on either side, and the excess will hang over the sides of the tabernacle to cover it.
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