שְׁרֵא shᵉrêʼ — to free, separate
Translated in the KJV as begin, dissolve, dwell, loose.
(Aramaic) a root corresponding to that of H8293; to free, separate; figuratively, to unravel, commence; by implication (of unloading beasts) to reside.
shᵉrêʼ in each stem
Pa'el
Perfect (qatal) 1Participle (active) 1
Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
Pe'al
Participle (passive) 1Infinitive construct 1
He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Pe'il
Participle (passive) 1
He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Hithpa'al
Participle (passive) 1
Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›