Quick Definition
to free
Strong's Definition
to free
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: direct.
TWOT Reference: 2463
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁרָה (sha.rah) — to free. 1) to let loose, free 1a) (Qal) to let loose 1b) (Piel) to set free
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִשְׁרָה · שִׁרְיָה
Free | verb pe'al ptc.pass
loose, free = state in which humans are untied and can walk around freely
Safe | verb pi
to deliver literally: to set free; hence: = causative process by which deities deliver humans from difficult circumstances
Begin
to begin literally: to release (an activity); hence: = action by which humans start an activity
Happen | verb qal
to unleash literally: to release (an event); hence: = process by which deities cause an event to happen with force and without restraint
Know
to solve literally: to release (a problem); hence: = action by which humans provide the answer to a difficult question
Weak
Collocation: קִטְרֵי חַרְצִין שׁרה
(one's) legs give way literally: the joints of one's hip are released; hence: = process by which humans cannot stand up straight as a reaction to a strong emotion
verb
Dwell | verb pe'al
to dwell = state in which a humans have made an area their home; ≈ only used figuratively to denote light having its home with God
1 JER 15:11 MT-K שׁרותך | MT-Q שֵׁרִיתִךָ 2 JER 15:11 NIV "deliver" NJPS "spare" NRSV "intervened" ESV "set free" | RSV "entreated" | NJB GNT "serve" | REB "dismissed"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁרָה] vb. let loose Qal he (God) lets it loose (i.e. the thunder)
Pi. I will set thee free
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