שׁרשׁ ( appar. √ of foll.; Di Jb 4 0, 16 Buhl al. think = שׁרשׁר , √ שׁרר , cf. שֹׁר , etc., Ethiopic r (šərw) nerve, muscle , whence שֹׁרֶשׁ as root- fibre , but word very ancient, and this der. quite unproven; < Schwally ZMG lii (1898), 140 f. cp. Arabic
شَرْسٌ ( šarsun ) ( ش ( š ) by dissimilation), 5, شَرْسٌ ( šarsun ) hard, rough, rugged (of ground), شَرِسَ ( šarisa ) ill-natured, cross; hence שֹׁרֶשׁ , from tough, gnarled root-fibres; NH and Ph. שרש , Assyrian šuršu , all root , Sab. שרס (v. Arabic supr.) root, foundation Hom Chr 124, אשרס foundation DHM ZMG xxix (1875), 606; xxxvii (1883), 415 ; Aramaic שׁוֹרְשָׁא , (šeršo) root) .
שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ S 8326, 8328 TWOT 2469a, 2471a GK 9247 n.m. Dt 29:17 root ; שׁ׳ abs. Dt 29:17 +, cstr. Is 11:10 +; sf. שָׁרְשִׁי Jb 29:1 9, etc.; pl. cstr. שָׁרְשֵׁי 13:27 ( v. infr. ) 36:30 , sf. שָֽׁרָשָׁיו Am 2:9 +, שָֽׁרָשֶׁיהָ Ez 17:7 +; 1. root of people under fig. of tree, involving firmness, permanence, Am 2:9 Ho 9:1 6; 14:6 Is 14:30 2 K 19:30 = Is 37:3 1; שָׁרְשָׁם Ju 5:14 is prob. corrupt, v. GF M;so of pers.
(
cf.
Ph
., Eshmunazar
11 GACooke
pp. 30, 36
)
Is 5:24 Mal 3:19 Jb 8:1
7;
18:16
;
29:19 Pr 12:3
,
12
;
=
stock, family
Is 11:1
,
10 Dn 11:
7,
cf.
(of serpent)
Is 14:29
;
=
source or cause
Dt 29:17
,
שׁ׳ דָּבָר
Jb 19:2
8.
2.
lit
root
of tree or shrub
Je 17:8
(
sim.
),
Ez 31:7
(
metaph.
of people),
Is 53:2
(
sim.
),
Jb 14:8
;
30:4
; of vine (
metaph.
of people)
Ez 17:6
,
7
,
9
(×2) ψ 80:10
(
acc. cogn.
c.
שׁרשׁ
Hiph.
).
3.
root
,
fig. =
lowest stratum, of mt.
Jb 28:9
, of sea
36:30
=
bottom (text strange and
dub.
:
Du
רָאשֵׁי הָרִים
, with אֵדוֹ
in v a); of feet,
שָׁרְשֵׁי רַגְלַי
13:2
7, i.e. soles
Ew
< indicates that the following is to be preferred to the preceding.
ZMG Zeitschrift d. deutsch. Morgenländ. Gesellschaft. Ph. Phenician.
Sab.
Sabean.
supr.
supra,
above.
Hom
F. Hommel,
Südaraische Chrestomathie
.
DHM
D. H. Müller.
infr.
infra,
below.
GFM
G. F. Moore.
GACooke
(usually) G. A. Cooke, North Semitic Inscriptions
sim.
simile.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorically.
acc. cogn. acc.
. of cognate meaning with verb.
Du B. Duhm.