Strong's Lexicon

H8293

H8293 — שֵׁרוּת

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewsheruwthnoun femOccurrences: 1TWOT: 2463

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H8293
Word:שֵׁרוּת
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H8281 abbreviated
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:sheruwth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:shay-rooth'
Meaning:1. freedom
KJV Renderings:remnant.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9033

I. [שָׁרָה] verb let loose (Late Hebrew id., dissolve; Assyrian šarû , Pi`el open (building, for use), dedicate it; tašrîtu, dedication; Oaram. שרה loose, so Aramaic שְׁרָא, [untranscribed source text 5735]; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 5736] remit, condone); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix יִשְׁרֵ֫הוּ Job 37:3 he (God) lets it loose (i.e. the thunder).
Pi`el Perfect 1 singular suffix שֵׁרִיתִ֫ךָ Jer 15:11 Qr I will set thee free (compare Jer 40:4 ᵑ7 ᵑ6 ), but dubious; Kt שרותך (i.e. שָָׁרוֺתִךָ, √ שׁרר), Thes Gie I vex thee [שָׁרַר = צָרַר, very dubious]; Ew and others RV strengthen thee; this yields best sense, but as Aramaic שׁרר is intransitive, read then שֵׁרַרְתִּךָ or הֲשֵׁרוֺתִךָ, Dr; Jerome Rabb read שֵׁרִיתְךָ = שְׁאֵרִיתְךָ thy remnant ( AV ).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כושרות (koh-shah-rohth’)

Psalms 68:6

KJV: God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.in families: Heb. in a house
EHCC: (7).those which are bound with chains:
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