שַׁרְשְׁרָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8333

chain — used 8 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

chain tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שַׁרְשְׁרָה: n.f. chain tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. (in spite of foll. sf. masc. Ex 28:14, Ges§ 135 o AlbrZAW xv (1895), 316, xvi (1896), 96) chain (Assyrian šaršarratu, chain, fetter; Mishn. שַׁרְשָׁרוֹת, Talm. שַׁרְשׁוּרָא, Syriac ܫܺܝܫܽܘܪܳܐ, chain or rope of fibres of palm-leaves, etc., NH שַׁלְשֶׁלֶת chain, 𝔗 שֵׁישְׁלָא, Syriac ܫܺܝܫܠܴܐ [whence Arabic سِلْسِلَةٌ, v. Ethiopic ሰንሰል], (connex. with שַׁר׳ denied by NöBSSW 56 Anm. 9));—pl. שַׁרְשְׁרוֹת, abs. 1 K 7:17 +, -רֹת abs. 2 Ch 3:15, cstr. Ex 28:14 +, שַׁרְשֹׁת v 22 (either abbrev. or textual error);—chains of wreathen work of gold, attached to ephod Ex 28:14(×2), 22; 39:15; ornaments on pillars at porch of temple 1 K 7:17 (גְּדִלִים מַעֲשֵׂה שׁ׳), ‖ 2 Ch 3:5, 16(×2).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: chains (6); of chains (1); the chains (1).

In the verses

Exodus 28:22 · tree →

וְעָשִׂ֧יתָ עַל־הַחֹ֛שֶׁן שַֽׁרְשֹׁ֥ת גַּבְלֻ֖ת מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה עֲבֹ֑ת זָהָ֖ב טָהֽוֹר׃

Word for word: and you.will.make on the breastpiece chains of.twisting a.work of.cordage gold pure

JPS 1917: And thou shalt make upon the breastplate plaited chains of wreathen work of pure gold.

Exodus 39:15 · tree →

וַיַּעֲשׂ֧וּ עַל־הַחֹ֛שֶׁן שַׁרְשְׁרֹ֥ת גַּבְלֻ֖ת מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה עֲבֹ֑ת זָהָ֖ב טָהֽוֹר׃

Word for word: and they.made on the breastpiece chains of.twisting a.work of.cordage gold pure

JPS 1917: And they made upon the breastplate plaited chains, of wreathen work of pure gold.

On Mova

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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).

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