H8281

שָׁרָה

sha.rahH:V

to free

1) to let loose, free 1a) (Qal) to let loose 1b) (Piel) to set free

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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, ; Ethiopic 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).

[שְׁרָא]

verb 1. loosen.

2. abide (see Biblical Hebrew I. שׁרה); —

Pe`al Infinitive לְמִשְׁרֵא Dan 5:16 read ׳מִשׁ also vDan 5:12, for ׳מְשָׁ (K^{§ 40 n} M^{87 *} and others); — Passive participle שְׁרֵא (K^{§ 47. Beisp.} f)) Dan 2:22 plural שְׁרַיִן Dan 3:25 —

1. loosen: literal passive participle loosed Dan 3:25 (opposed to bound); figurative loosen knots, i.e. solve difficulties, Dan 5:12; Dan 5:16.

2. abide (from loosening girths, loads, at encampment; compare ᵑ7 Late Hebrew [also on passive participle]), figurative Dan 2:22 (עִם of person). Pa`el Perfect 3 masculine plural שָׁרִיו Ezra 5:2 begin (see Biblical Hebrew III. [חָלַל] Hiph`il 2), followed by infinitive Hithpa. Participle masculine plural מִשְׁתָּרַ֫יִן Dan 5:6 joints were loosened (in fear).

2 occurrences

Job (1), Jeremiah (1)