The meaning of “סָרַח”
Understanding çârach reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
exceeding, hand, spread, stretch self, banish. - to extend (even to excess) 1) to go free, be unrestrained, be overrun, ...
סָרַח
exceeding, hand, spread, stretch self, banish. - to extend (even to excess) 1) 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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 26:13 | “And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.” Word: סָרַח (çârach) | |
| Jeremiah 49:7 | “Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?” Word: סָרַח (çârach) | |
| Ezekiel 23:15 | “Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:” Word: סָרַח (çârach) | |
| Amos 6:7 | “Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.” Word: סָרַח (çârach) |
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