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Job 29:19

“My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שֶׁרֶשׁsheresh · sheh'-resh
H8328 · Hebrew

Definition: a root (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: from H8327 (שָׁרַשׁ);
KJV renderings: bottom, deep, heel, root.
Grammar: שָׁרְשִׁ֣ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
י — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
Code HNcmsc/Sp1cs
Usage: Occurs 33 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 29:17 Judges 5:14 2 Kings 19:30 Job 8:17 Job 13:27

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שֶׁרֶשׁ here.

Verse 18 Verse 20

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.