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# שָׁרָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8281

**let loose** — 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

let loose [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8281/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׁרָה: vb. let loose [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8281/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. let loose (NH id., dissolve; Assyrian šarû, Pi. open (building, for use), dedicate it; tašr̂tu, dedication; Old Aramaic שרה loose, so Aramaic שְׁרָא, ܫܪܳܐ; Ethiopic ሰረየ; remit, condone);— Impf. 3 ms. sf. יִשְׁרֵ֫הוּ Jb 37:3 he (God) lets it loose (i.e. the thunder). Pf. 1 s. sf. שֵׁרִיתִ֫ךָ Je 15:11 Qr I will set thee free (cf. 40:4 𝔗 𝔖), but dub.; Kt שרותך (i.e. שָׁרוֹתִךָ, √ שׁרר), Thes Gie I vex thee \[שַׁרַר = צָרַר, very dub.\]; Ew al. RV strengthen thee; this yields best sense, but as Aramaic שׁרר is intrans., read then שֵׁרַרְתִּךָ or הֲשֵׁרוֹתִךָ, Dr; Jerome Rabb read שֵׁרִיתְךָ = שְׁאֵרִיתְךָ thy remnant (AV).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (19 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (12 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: I (1); he (1).

## In the verses

[Job 37:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.3/#tree)

תַּֽחַת־כָּל־הַשָּׁמַ֥יִם יִשְׁרֵ֑הוּ וְ֝אוֹר֗וֹ עַל־כַּנְפ֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* under all the heavens he lets.it.loose and light his to the.corners of the.earth

*JPS 1917:* He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, and His lightning unto the ends of the earth.

[Jeremiah 15:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.15.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.15.11/#tree)

אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אִם־לֹ֥א שֵֽׁרִיתִ֖יךָלְט֑וֹב אִם־ל֣וֹא ׀ הִפְגַּ֣עְתִּֽי בְךָ֗ בְּעֵ֥ת־רָעָ֛ה וּבְעֵ֥ת צָרָ֖ה אֶת־הָאֹיֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* he.said Yahweh if not I will.set.you.free for good if not I.will.cause.to.plead with you in a.time of.evil and in a.time of.distress (et) the enemy

*JPS 1917:* The LORD said: 'Verily I will release thee for good; verily I will cause the enemy to make supplication unto thee in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8281.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8281/): 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).