H8328 H8328
Root -- the underground part of a plant; figuratively, ancestral stock, origin, or deepest cause of something.
Denotes a root in both the botanical and figurative senses. Literally, it describes roots that spread by water (Job 8:17; 29:19), are torn up in judgment (Amos 2:9; Mal 4:1), or take hold and flourish (2 Kgs 19:30; Hos 14:5). Figuratively, it becomes a powerful image for lineage and origin -- the messianic 'root of Jesse' (Isa 11:1, 10), or the 'root of the matter' found in a person (Job 19:28). Across all languages the translation is strikingly uniform: Spanish 'raíz,' French 'racine,' German 'Wurzel' -- the metaphor travels effortlessly.
1. root of a plant — The literal botanical root of a tree or plant -- the part underground that anchors, nourishes, or is destroyed in judgment. Multilingual uniformity is striking: Spanish 'raíz,' French 'racine,' German 'Wurzel.' Used of roots spreading by water (Job 8:17; 29:19), being dried up in divine punishment (Hos 9:16; Amos 2:9; Mal 4:1), and taking downward hold to bear fruit upward (2 Kgs 19:30 = Isa 37:31). Deuteronomy 29:18 warns against a 'root bearing poisonous fruit.' 28×
AR["أَصْلُهَا","أَصْلُهُمْ","أُصُولُهُ","أُصُولُهُم","أُصُولِ","أُصُولِهَا","جَذْرًا","جَذْرٌ","جَذْرُهُ","جُذورَهُ","جُذورُهُ","جُذُورَهَا","جُذُورَهُ","جِذرُهُم","جِذْرُ","وَ-جُذورَهُ","وَجُذُورُهَا"]·ben["আর-তার-শিকড়","এবং-তার-শিকড়গুলি","তাদের-মূল","তার-মূলের","তার-শিকড়","তার-শিকড়গুলো","মূল","শিকড়"]·DE["Wurzel","[ושרשיו]","[שרש]","[שרשו]","[שרשי]","[שרשיה]","[שרשיו]","[שרשם]","ihr-Wurzel","root"]·EN["and-his-roots","and-roots-its","her-roots","his-roots","its-root","root","root-its","root-of","roots-its","roots-of","their-root"]·FR["et-racine","leur-root","racine","root","ses-racines","son-racine-lui"]·heb["ו-שורשיו","ו-שרשיו","שורש","שורשו","שורשי","שורשיה","שורשיו","שורשם","שרשו"]·HI["उनकी-जड़","उसकी-जड़","उसकी-जड़ें","उसकी-जड़ों-का","और-जड़ें-उसकी","जड़","जड़-","जड़-उनकी","जड़-उसकी","जड़ें-अपनी","जड़ों-उसकी","जड़ों-की","सूखेंगी"]·ID["akar","akar-akar","akar-akar-nya","akar-akarnya","akar-mereka","akarnya","dan-akar-akarnya"]·IT["e-radice","loro-root","radice","radice-suo","root"]·jav["lan-oyod-oyod-nipun","lan-oyodipun","oyod","oyod-ipun","oyod-nipun;","oyod-oyod-nipun","oyod-oyodipun","oyod-piyambakipun","oyodipun","oyot","oyot-ipun"]·KO["그-뿌리가","그-뿌리들을","그녀의-뿌리들의","그들의-뿌리가","그리고-그-뿌리들이","그리고-그의-뿌리들을","그의-뿌리가","그의-뿌리들을","그의-뿌리들이","뿌리","뿌리-그들의-는","뿌리가","뿌리가-그의","뿌리들-의-","뿌리를"]·PT["e-suas-raízes","raiz","raiz-de","raiz-dele","raiz-deles","raiz-sua","raízes-de","raízes-dele","sua-raiz","suas-raízes","suas-raízes,"]·RU["и-корни-его","и-корни-её","корень","корень-его","корень-их","корней-её","корни-его","корни-её","корни-свои","корня","корнях"]·ES["las-raíces-de","raíces-suyas","raíz","raíz-de","su-raíz","sus-raíces","y-sus-raíces"]·SW["la-mizizi-yake","mizizi","mizizi-yake","mizizi-yao","mzizi","na-mizizi-yake","visigino-vya","yake"]·TR["kok","kokleri","koku","kök","kök-","kökleri","köklerini","köklerinin","kökü","ve-kökleri","ve-köklerini"]·urd["ان-کی-جڑ","اور-اُس-کی-جڑیں","اُس-کی-جڑ","اُس-کی-جڑوں","اُس-کی-جڑیں","اپنی-جڑیں","جڑ","جڑ-اُن-کی","جڑوں","جڑیں-اُس-کی","جڑیں-اپنی"]
Deut 29:18, Judg 5:14, 2 Kgs 19:30, Job 8:17, Job 13:27, Job 14:8, Job 18:16, Job 28:9, Job 29:19, Job 36:30, Ps 80:9, Isa 5:24 (+16 more)
▼ 1 more sense below
Senses
2. root as stock or origin — Figurative use of root to denote ancestral stock, lineage, source, or underlying cause. The 'root of Jesse' (Isa 11:1, 10) becomes a cornerstone messianic title, while 'the root of the matter' (Job 19:28) means the essential cause. Isaiah 14:29 warns that from the serpent's root will come a viper. Spanish 'la raíz del' and German 'Wurzel' carry the metaphor naturally. Proverbs 12:3, 12 contrasts the wicked who have no root with the righteous whose root endures. 5×
AR["مِنْ-جِذْرِ","وَ-أَصْلُ","وَ-جَذرُ","وَ-جَذْرُ"]·ben["আর-মূল","এবং-মূল","মূল-থেকে"]·DE["[ושרש]","[משרש]"]·EN["and-root-of","and-the-root-of","but-the-root-of","from-root-of"]·FR["de-racine","et-racine"]·heb["ו-שורש","מ-שורש"]·HI["और-जड़","से-जड़-"]·ID["dan-akar","dari-akar","tetapi-akar"]·IT["e-radice","radice"]·jav["lan-oyod","lan-oyod-saking","saking-oyodipun"]·KO["그러나-뿌리-는","그리고-뿌리가","그리고-뿌리를","뿌리-에서"]·PT["da-raiz-de","e-raiz-de"]·RU["а-корень","и-корень","из-корня"]·ES["Y-la-raíz-del","de-raíz-de","y-raíz-de"]·SW["kutoka-mzizi","lakini-mizizi-ya","na-mizizi","na-mzizi-wa"]·TR["-den-kokunden","ve-kökü"]·urd["اور-جڑ","جڑ-سے"]
Related Senses
H5921a 1. upon, on, over (spatial) (5443×)H0413 1. directional: to, toward (5366×)H1121a 1. son, male offspring, descendant (4914×)H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)H4428 1. king, human ruler (2518×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)H6440 1. before, in front of (spatial) (1870×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H3027 1. physical hand (body part) (1596×)H1697 1. word, speech, utterance (1235×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ n.m. Dt 29:17 root;—שׁ׳ abs. Dt 29:17 +, cstr. Is 11:10 +; sf. שָׁרְשִׁי Jb 29:19, etc.; pl. cstr. שָׁרְשֵׁי 13:27 (v. infr.) 36:30, sf. שָֽׁרָשָׁיו Am 2:9 +, שָֽׁרָשֶׁיהָ Ez 17:7 +;— 1. root of people under fig. of tree, involving firmness, permanence, Am 2:9; Ho 9:16; 14:6; Is 14:30; 2 K 19:30 = Is 37:31;—שָׁרְשָׁם Ju 5:14 is prob. corrupt, v. GFM;—so of pers. (cf. Ph., Eshmunazar 11…