BDB9058 [H8328]

שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ noun masculine^{Deut 29:17} root; — ׳שׁ absolute Deut 29:17 +, construct Isa 11:10 +; suffix שָׁרְשִׁי Job 29:19, etc.; plural construct שָׁרְשֵׁי Job 13:27 (see below) Job 36:310, suffix שָֽׁרָשָׁיו Amos 2:9 +, שָֽׁרָשֶׁיהָ Ezek 17:7 +; —

1. root of people under figure of tree, involving firmness, permanence, Amos 2:9; Hos 9:16; Hos 14:6; Isa 14:30; 2Kgs 19:30 = Isa 37:31 — שָׁרְשָׁם Judg 5:14 is probably corrupt, see GFM; — so of person (compare Phoenician, Eshmunazar¹¹ GACooke^{pp. 30, 36}) Isa 5:24; Mal 3:19; Job 8:17; Job 18:16; Job 29:19; Prov 12:3; Prov 12:12 = stock, family Isa 11:1; Isa 11:10; Dan 11:7, compare (of serpent) Isa 14:29 = source or cause Deut 29:17, דָּבָר ׳שׁ Job 19:28.

2. literally root of tree or shrub Jer 17:8 (simile), Ezek 31:7 (metaphor of people). Isa 53:2 (simile), Job 14:8; Job 30:4 of vine (metaphor of people) Ezek 17:6; Ezek 17:7; Ezek 17:9 (twice in verse); Ps 80:10 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb with שׁרשׁ Hiph`il).

3. root, figurative=lowest stratum, of mountain Job 28:9, of sea Job 36:30= bottom (text strange and dubious: Du רָאשֵׁי הָרִים, with אֵרוֺ in v^a); of feet, שָׁרְשֵׁי רַגְלַי Job 13:27, i.e. soles Ew Di De Da and others (elsewhere כַּף), Bu place of treading, footholds; Du (arbitrarily) שָׁרְשִׁי, strike out רגלי.

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