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# שָׂרַג

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8276

**be intertwined** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

be intertwined [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8276/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׂרַג: vb. be intertwined [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8276/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be intertwined (Talm. סָרַג Pi. enmesh, weave around; Aramaic ܣܪܰܓ intertwine, involve, סְרַג entwine; Arabic شَرَجَ set in order, join, weave, mix);—Impf. 3 mpl. יְשׂרָ֑גוּ Jb 40:17 are intertwined (of sinews of hippopot.). Impf. 3 mpl. יִשְׂתָּֽרְגוּ La 1:14 they intertwine themselves (fig. of פְּשָׁעַי).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they are intertwined (1); they are woven together (1).

## In the verses

[Job 40:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.17/#tree)

יַחְפֹּ֣ץ זְנָב֣וֹ כְמוֹ־אָ֑רֶז גִּידֵ֖י פַחֲדָ֣יו יְשֹׂרָֽגוּ׃

*Word for word:* it.stiffens tail its like a.cedar the.tendons its.thighs his they.are.intertwined

*JPS 1917:* He straineth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.

[Lamentations 1:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.1.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.1.14/#tree)

נִשְׂקַד֩ עֹ֨ל פְּשָׁעַ֜י בְּיָד֗וֹ יִשְׂתָּֽרְג֛וּ עָל֥וּ עַל־צַוָּארִ֖י הִכְשִׁ֣יל כֹּחִ֑י נְתָנַ֣נִי אֲדֹנָ֔י בִּידֵ֖י לֹא־אוּכַ֥ל קֽוּם׃ס

*Word for word:* it.has.been.bound.on the.yoke my.transgressions my by hand his they.are.woven.together they.have.come.up on neck my he.has.made.feeble strength my he has.given.me Lord \[the\] in the.hands of.\[those.whom\].not I.am.able to.stand

*JPS 1917:* The yoke of my transgressions is impressed by His hand; they are knit together, they are come up upon my neck; He hath made my strength to fail; the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8276.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8276/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).