שורש

From Proto-Semitic *šurš-.

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoʁeʃ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): [ˈʃoː.ʀ̟ɛʃ]

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שורש / שֹׁרֶשׁ • (šóreš) m (plural indefinite שורשים / שָׁרָשִׁים or שורשים / שֳׁרָשִׁים, singular construct שורש / שֹׁרֶשׁ־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. root (the part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction)
2. (by extension) root (i.e. source, basis)
3. (by extension, linguistics) root (e.g., a triliteral root) of a Semitic word
4. (by extension, mathematics) root (e.g., square root)

שורש / שֹׁרַשׁ • (šoráš) (pu'al construction, active counterpart שירש / שֵׁרֵשׁ)

1. to be rooted out
   • Tanach, Job 31:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     אֶזְרְעָה וְאַחֵר יֹאכֵל וְצֶאֱצָאַי יְשֹׁרָשׁוּ׃

     'ezr'á v'akhér yokhél v'tse'etsa'ái y'shoráshu.
     ʾezrəʿā wəʾaḥēr yōḵēl wəṣeʾĕṣāʾay yəšōrā́šū.

     Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

• שורשי / שָׁרְשִׁי (shor'shí)

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From Hebrew שורש / שֹׁרֶשׁ.

שורש • (shoyresh) m, plural שורשים (shorashem)

1. (linguistics) Semitic root

• וואָרצל (vortsl)