שורש

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־ר־שׁ

Pronunciation

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.

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Etymology

From Hebrew שורש \ שֹׁרֶשׁ.

Noun

שורש (shoyresh) m, plural שורשים (shorashem)

  1. (linguistics) Semitic root

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