שָׁרַשׁ
sha.rash
“to uproot”
Definition
to root, i.e. strike into the soil, or (by implication) to pluck from it
a primitive root;
- to uproot, take root, deal with the roots 1a) (Piel) to root up, root out 1b) (Pual) to be rooted up or out (of produce) 1c) (Poel) to take root 1d) (Poal) to take root 1e) (Hiphil) to take root, cause to take root
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
שָׁרַשׁ appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
In the days to come, Jacob will take root.Israel will bud and blossomand fill the whole world with fruit.
No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown,no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground,than He blows on them and they wither,and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
You planted them, and they have taken root.They have grown and produced fruit.You are ever on their lips,but far from their hearts.
then may another eat what I have sown,and may my crops be uprooted.
For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon;it would root out my entire harvest.
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