סָרַחçârach
go free, be unrestrained, overrun, exceed
Pronunciation: saw-rakh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5628
Meanings
Qal: active, passive (Exodus 26:12; Ezekiel 17:6; Exodus 26:13)
1. go free, be unrestrained (Amos 6:4; Amos 6:7; Ezekiel 17:6)
2. of overhanging stuffs (properly overrunning, exceeding, extended beyond limits) (Exodus 26:12; Exodus 26:13; Ezekiel 23:15)
Niph`al: let loose, (i.e. dismissed, gone)? (Jeremiah 49:7)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 26:12 The remaining 3 feet of this tent covering will be left to hang over the back of the Tabernacle.
- Exodus 26:13 Allow 18 inches of remaining material to hang down over each side, so the Tabernacle is completely covered.
- Jeremiah 49:7 This message was given concerning Edom. This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: “Is there no wisdom in Teman? Is no one left to give wise counsel?
- Ezekiel 17:6 It took root there and grew into a low, spreading vine. Its branches turned up toward the eagle, and its roots grew down into the ground. It produced strong branches and put out shoots.
- Ezekiel 23:15 Handsome belts encircled their waists, and flowing turbans crowned their heads. They were dressed like chariot officers from the land of Babylonia.
- Amos 6:4 How terrible for you who sprawl on ivory beds and lounge on your couches, eating the meat of tender lambs from the flock and of choice calves fattened in the stall.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).