שֹׂרֵקsôrêq
שֹׂרֵק: choice species of vine (Isaiah 5:2; Jeremiah 2:21)
Pronunciation: so-rake' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8321
Meanings
שׂרֵקָה: choice vine (Genesis 49:11)
Same root
- שָׁרַקshâraq · H8319properly, to be shrill, i.e. to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)
- שָׂרֻקsâruq · H8320bright red (as piercing to the sight), i.e. bay
- שׂוֹרֵקSôwrêq · H7796Sorek, a valley in Palestine
- שָׂרוּקsârûwq · H8291a grapevine
- שְׂרִיקָהsᵉrîyqâh · H8305hetchelling (or combing flax), i.e. (concretely) tow (by extension, linen cloth)
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 49:11 He ties his foal to a grapevine, the colt of his donkey to a choice vine. He washes his clothes in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
- Isaiah 5:2 He plowed the land, cleared its stones, and planted it with the best vines. In the middle he built a watchtower and carved a winepress in the nearby rocks. Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes, but the grapes that grew were bitter.
- Jeremiah 2:21 But I was the one who planted you, choosing a vine of the purest stock—the very best. How did you grow into this corrupt wild vine?
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).