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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.


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