Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #5628 - סָרַח sarach (to go free)

Original Word:	סָרַח
Transliteration:	sarach
Definition:	to go free, be unrestrained, overrun, exceed
Part of Speech:	Verb
Phonetic Spelling:	(saw-rakh')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

exceeding, hand, spread, stretch self, banish

A primitive root; to extend (even to excess) -- exceeding, hand, spread, stretch self, banish.

Englishman's Concordance

1) to go free, be unrestrained, be overrun, exceed, overhang, grow luxuriously
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go free, be unrestrained, sprawl
1a1a) overrunning, spreading (participle)
1a2) to overhang
1b) (Niphal) to be let loose or dismissed or gone
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1543

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[סָרַחverbgo free, be unrestrained, overrun, exceed (Late Hebrew סָרוּחַoverhanging, flapping; Arabic

of camels, etc., pasture where they please; also send forth to pasture; II. let a wife go free; let down the hair;

easy. — Late Hebrew סָרַח, Aramaic

usually=corrupt, sin); —

QalImperfect3feminine singular תִּסְרַחExodus 26:12; Participle active feminine סֹרַ֫חַתEzekiel 17:6; passiveסָרוּחַ (compare Kö^{ii. 1, 137} Ges^{§ 50} f. Ba^{NB 180}) Exodus 26:13; plural סְרוּחִיםAmos 6:7, סְרֻחִים vAmos 6:4; construct סְרוּחֵיEzekiel 23:15; —

1go free, be unrestrained:וּסְרֻחִים עַלעַֿרְשׂוֺתָםAmos 6:4 i.e. probably=and are sprawling upon their couches (in contemptuous hyperbole), ׳מִרַזְח ס vAmos 6:7 the revelry of sprawlers; participle active of overrunning, spreading vine Ezekiel 17:6.

2 of overhanging stuffs (properly overrunning, exceeding, extended beyond limits) תִּסְרַח עַל אֲחֹרֵיהַמִּשְׁכָּןExodus 26:12 (P) it shall overrun (overhang), over the back of the tabernacle, so יִהְיֶה סָרוּחַ׳עַלצִֿדֵּי הַמּExodus 26:13; סְרוּחֵי טְבוּלִיםEzekiel 23:15overhungof turbans, extended with respect to turbans,=with pendant turbans (compare [טְבוּל]).

Niph`alPerfect3feminine singular נִסְרְחָה חָכְמָתָםJeremiah 49:7 usually is their wisdom let loose (i.e. dismissed, gone)? ("" הַאֵין עוֺדחָכְמָה בְּתֵימָ֑ן אָֽבְד עֵצָה מִבַּנִים); but Nö^{Expos. May, 1897, 363}is corrupt (compare Late Hebrew, and especially Aramaic).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5628. סָרַח (sarach) — 7 Occurrences

Exodus 26:12
HEB:הַיְרִיעָה֙ הָעֹדֶ֔פֶת תִּסְרַ֕ח עַ֖ל אֲחֹרֵ֥י
NAS: that is left over, shall lap over
KJV: that remaineth, shall hang over the backside
INT: curtain over shall lap over the back

Exodus 26:13
HEB:הָאֹ֑הֶל יִהְיֶ֨ה סָר֜וּחַ עַל־ צִדֵּ֧י
NAS: of the tent, shall lap over
KJV: of the tent, it shall hang over the sides
INT: of the tent become shall lap over the sides

Jeremiah 49:7
HEB:עֵצָה֙ מִבָּנִ֔ים נִסְרְחָ֖ה חָכְמָתָֽם׃
NAS: Has their wisdom decayed?
KJV: is their wisdom vanished?
INT: advice the prudent vanished wisdom

Ezekiel 17:6
HEB:וַיְהִי֩ לְגֶ֨פֶן סֹרַ֜חַת שִׁפְלַ֣ת קוֹמָ֗ה
NAS: a low, spreading vine
KJV: And it grew, and became a spreading vine
INT: and became vine spreading A low stature

Ezekiel 23:15
HEB:אֵז֜וֹר בְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֗ם סְרוּחֵ֤י טְבוּלִים֙ בְּרָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔ם
NAS: on their loins, with flowing turbans
KJV: upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire
INT: belts their loins flowing turbans their heads

Amos 6:4
HEB:מִטּ֣וֹת שֵׁ֔ן וּסְרֻחִ֖ים עַל־ עַרְשׂוֹתָ֑ם
NAS: of ivory And sprawl on their couches,
KJV: of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches,
INT: beds of ivory and sprawl on their couches

Amos 6:7
HEB:וְסָ֖ר מִרְזַ֥ח סְרוּחִֽים׃ פ
NAS: of the exiles, And the sprawlers' banqueting
KJV: and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
INT: will pass and the banquet and the sprawlers'

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