Hebrew

Alternative forms

• שֹׁרֶשׁ defective spelling

Noun

שורש \ שֹׁרֶשׁ • ‎(shóresh) m ‎(plural indefinite שורשים \ שָׁרָשִׁים or שורשים \ שֳׁרָשִׁים, singular construct שורש \ שֹׁרֶשׁ־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. (botany) root (of a plant)
2. (by extension) root (i.e. source, basis)
3. (by extension, linguistics) root (e.g., a triliteral root) of a Semitic word
4. (by extension, mathematics) root (e.g., square root)

Verb

שורש \ שֹׁרַשׁ • ‎(shorásh) ‎(pu'al construction, active counterpart שירש \ שֵׁרֵשׁ)

1. to be rooted out
   • Job 31:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     אֶזְרְעָה וְאַחֵר יֹאכֵל וְצֶאֱצָאַי יְשֹׁרָשׁוּ׃‎

     'ezr'á v'akhér yokhél v'tse'etsa'ái y'shoráshu.
     ʾezrəʿā wəʾaḥēr yōḵēl wəṣeʾĕṣāʾay yəšōrā́šū.

     Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

Verb

שׁוֹרֵשׁ • ‎(shorésh) ‎(pi'el construction, passive counterpart שׁוֹרַשׁ)

1. to take root
   • Isaiah 40:24, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     אַף בַּל־נִטָּעוּ אַף בַּל־זֹרָעוּ אַף בַּל־שֹׁרֵשׁ בָּאָרֶץ גִּזְעָם […] ׃‎

     'áf bal-nitá'u 'áf bal-zorá'u 'áf bal-shorésh ba'árets giz'ám […] .
     ʾap̄ bal-niṭṭā́ʿū ʾap̄ bal-zōrā́ʿū ʾap̄ bal-šōrēš bāʾā́reṣ gizʿām […] .

     Scarce are they planted, scarce are they sown, scarce hath their stock taken root in the earth; […] .

Verb

שׁוֹרַשׁ • ‎(shorásh) ‎(pu'al construction, active counterpart שׁוֹרֵשׁ)

1. to be take root, be made to take root
   • Jeremiah 12:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     נְטַעְתָּם גַּם־שֹׁרָשׁוּ יֵלְכוּ גַּם־עָשׂוּ פֶרִי […] ׃‎

     n'ta'tám gam-shoráshu yel'khú gam-'ásu féri […] .
     nəṭaʿtām gam-šōrā́šū yēləḵū gam-ʿā́śū p̄érī […] .

     Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root; they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit; […] .

Anagrams

• רושש

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew שורש \ שֹׁרֶשׁ.

Noun

שורש • ‎(shoyresh) m, plural שורשים ‎(shorashem)

1. (linguistics) Semitic root

Synonyms

• וואָרצל ‎(vortsl)