שָׁרַשׁ shârash — to root, i.e. strike into the soil, or (by implication) to pluck from it

pronounced shaw-rash' · Strong's H8327 · 8 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 5 stems: Hiph'il, Pi'el, Pu'al, Po'el, Po'al

Translated in the KJV as (take, cause to take) root.

a primitive root; to root, i.e. strike into the soil, or (by implication) to pluck from it.

shârash in each stem

Hiph'il 3×

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Participle (active) 1Wayyiqtol 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

מַשְׁרִ֑ישׁ Job 5:3 Participle (active), masculine singular

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. (KJV)

וַתַּשְׁרֵ֥שׁ Ps 80:10 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person feminine singular

The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. (KJV)

יַשְׁרֵ֣שׁ Isa 27:6 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. (KJV)

Pi'el 2×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1

תְשָׁרֵֽשׁ Job 31:12 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine singular

For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. (KJV)

וְשֵֽׁרֶשְׁךָ֨ Ps 52:7 Sequential perfect (weqatal), 3rd person masculine singular

Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. (KJV)

Pu'al 1×

Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them

Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

יְשֹׁרָֽשׁוּ Job 31:8 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. (KJV)

Po'el 1×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 1

שֹׁרֵ֥שׁ Isa 40:24 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. (KJV)

Po'al 1×

Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them

Perfect (qatal) 1

שֹׁרָ֔שׁוּ Jer 12:2 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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