שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ
she.resh
“root”
Definition
a root (literally or figuratively)
from H8327 (שָׁרַשׁ);
- root 1a) root (literal) 1b) root (of people involving firmness or permanence) (fig) 1c) root, bottom (as lowest stratum) (fig) Aramaic equivalent: sho.resh (*שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ *"root" H8330)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ appears 28 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And the surviving remnant of the house of Judahwill again take root belowand bear fruit above.
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Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,that the rod that struck you is broken.For a viper will spring from the root of the snake,and a flying serpent from its egg.
Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek;Benjamin came with your people after you.The commanders came down from Machir,the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
If you say, ‘Let us persecute him,since the root of the matter lies with him,’
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