Aramaic word · H8330

שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ

shareshohi

root

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·

What it means

root

Aramaic of she.resh (שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ "root" H8328)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Daniel · 3

  1. Daniel 4:15 שָׁרְשׁ֙וֹהִי֙ roots its

    But leave the stump with its roots in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven and graze with the beasts on the grass of the earth.

    Here: 'Its roots', plural with a 'his/its' ending. Together with the previous word: 'the stump of its roots', the living base still anchored in the soil.

  2. Daniel 4:23 שָׁרְשׁ֙וֹהִי֙ roots its

    And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’

    Here: 'Its roots': living roots still in the soil, from which the tree can grow again.

  3. Daniel 4:26 שָׁרְשׁ֙וֹהִי֙ roots its

    As for the command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots, your kingdom will be restored to you as soon as you acknowledge that Heaven rules.

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