שַׁרְשְׁרָה
sharshᵉrâh · H8333 · Hebrew · 8 occurrences
Meanings
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chain
A series of metal links or rings fitted into one another and used to joining different objects together; also used for decoration purposes
ExamplesExodus 28:14 and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them of twisted cord work, and you shall put the corded chains on the filigree settings.
Exodus 28:22 “You shall also make on the breastpiece twisted chains of cord work in pure gold.
Exodus 39:15 And they made for the breastpiece chains like cords, work of twisted cords of pure gold.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- גַּבְלֻתbraided 2
- זָהָבgold 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שְׁנַיִםtwo 1
Named alongside itApposition
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- מַעֲשֶׂהwork, deed 2
- עֲבֹתrope 1
What is done to itIt is the object
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 3
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
- עָלָהto go up 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מַעֲשֶׂהwork, deed 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 8 words
- עֲבֹת ʻăbôth · H5688 · rope, cord
- Both words denote flexible binding or restraining objects such as cords or chains, and can substitute for each other in contexts requiring a term for a binding object.
- רַתּוֹק rattôwq · H7569 · chain
- Both denote a chain; they are two distinct words for the same physical object.
- מוֹסֵר môwçêr · H4147 · thong, strap, bond
- Both denote restraining or binding devices made of linked or fastened material, differing mainly in material or construction, band or bond versus chain.
- כֶּבֶל kebel · H3525 · fetters, shackles
- A fetter and a chain are both restraint devices made of linked metal, overlapping in sense as both bind and restrain, and could substitute in many contexts.
- אֲזִקִּים ʼăziqqîym · H246 · chains, fetters
- Both lexemes denote chains, one plural in form and one singular, referring to the same category of physical binding object — a near-synonym pairing.
- אֵסוּר ʼêçûwr · H612 · thong, strap, bond
- Both denote physical restraints or bindings used to confine.
- זִיקָה zîyqâh · H2131 · chains, fetters, firebrand
- זִיקָה (zîyqâh, H2131) is polysemous (chain/fetter AND firebrand/spark), while שַׁרְשְׁרָה (sharshᵉrâh, H8333) is monofocal ("chain"). The two overlap genuinely in the "chain/fetter" sense and could plausibly substitute in contexts requiring binding/restraining equipment.
- רַתִּיקָה rattîyqâh · H7572 · chain
- Both lexemes denote physical chains (same gloss, same narrow domain "Cords"). This is near-synonymy, two distinct Hebrew words for the same concrete object that can substitute in sense. The specific convergence on identical "chain" glosses within a cords/binding domain is meaningful.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Cords001003001001004
- This noun denotes a chain made of twisted cord work, as in Exodus 28:14's instruction to make two chains of pure gold for the breastpiece.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8333. sharsherah [שַׁרְשְׁרָה] noun feminine (in spite of following suffix masculine Exo…
[שַׁרְשְׁרָה] noun feminine (in spite of following suffix masculine Exo 28:14, Ges§ 135o AlbrZAW xv (1895), 316, xvi (1896), 96) chain (Assyrian šaršarratu, chain, fetter; Mishna שַׁרְשָׁרוֺת, Talmud שַׁרְשׁוּרָא, Syriac , chain or rope of palm-leaves, etc., but also Late Hebrew שַׁלְשֶׁלֶת chain, שֵׁישְׁלָא ᵑ7, Syriac [whence Arabic , see Ethiopic ], (connection with ׳שַׁר denied by NöB88W 56 Anm. 9)); — plural שַׁרְשְׁרוֺת, absolute 1Ki 7:17 +, רֹת- absolute 2Ch 3:15, construct Exo 28:14 +, שַׁרְשֹׁת Exo 28:22 (either abbreviated or textual error); — chains of gold, like wreaths, attached to ephod Exo 28:14 (twice in verse); Exo 28:22; Exo 39:15; ornaments on pillars at porch of temple 1Ki 7:17 (שׁ מַעֲשֵׂה ׳גְּדִלִים), || 2Ch 3:15-16, (twice in verse).
שׁרשׁ (apparently √ of following; DiJob 40:16 Buhl and others think = שׁרשׁר, √ שׁרר, compare שֹׁר, etc., Ethiopic nerve, muscle, whence שֹׁרֶשׁ as root-fibre, but word very ancient, and this der,quite unproven; SchwZMG iii (1898), 140 f. compare Arabic ( by dissimilation), thorn-bush, hard, rough, rugged (of ground), ill-natured, cross; hence שֹׁרֶשׁ, from tough, gnarled root-fibres; Late Hebrew and Phoenician שרש, Assyrian šuršu, all root, Sabean שרס (see Arabic above) root, foundation HomChr 124, אשרס foundation DHMAMG xxix (1875), 606; xxxvii (1883), 415; Aramaic שׁוֺרְשָׁא, root).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
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