The meaning of “שֶׁרֶשׁ”
Understanding sheresh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
bottom, deep, heel, root. - a root (literally or figuratively) 1) root 1a) root (literal) 1b) root (of people involving ...
שֶׁרֶשׁ
bottom, deep, heel, root. - a root (literally or figuratively) 1) root 1a) root (literal) 1b) root (of people involving firmness or permanence) (fig) 1c) root, bottom (as lowest stratum) (fig)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy 29:18 | “Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;” Word: שֶׁרֶשׁ (sheresh) | |
| 2 Kings 19:30 | “And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.” Word: שֶׁרֶשׁ (sheresh) | |
| Psalms 80:9 | “Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.” Word: שֶׁרֶשׁ (sheresh) | |
| Isaiah 14:29 | “Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.” Word: שֶׁרֶשׁ (sheresh) | |
| Ezekiel 17:9 | “Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.” Word: שֶׁרֶשׁ (sheresh) |