Lexicon
שְׁרָא
she.re
H8271
A:V Hebrew

to loose

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Hebrew
Language

she.re denotes being or making something unbound, including loosened joints and the resolving of knots or hidden matters.

The attested uses center on release from binding: people are unbound, joints are loosened, and knots or difficult matters are loosed or resolved. A passive participle also occurs in the clause about deep and hidden things being revealed.

Senses in use

  1. Unbinding and loosening · dominant

    In Daniel 3:25, the passive participle describes four men in the fire whom the APB renders as “unbound.” In Daniel 5:6, another passive participle occurs in the report that the king's hip joints were “loosened,” while Daniel 5:12 and Daniel 5:16 place active and infinitival forms in clauses about loosing knots.

  2. Revealing what is hidden · rare

    In Daniel 2:22, the Qal passive participle stands in the clause that the APB renders, “He reveals deep and hidden things”; the surrounding line contrasts darkness with light dwelling with him. The verse supports a use connected with what is concealed being brought into view.

  3. Beginning construction · rare

    In Ezra 5:2, the Piel perfect plural occurs in the account of Zerubbabel and Jeshua rising and beginning to build God's house in Jerusalem. The translation does not isolate this form's individual contribution, so its connection with release or loosening remains uncertain from this verse alone.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the forms as “unbound,” “loosened,” and “to loose knots,” and in Daniel 2:22 as “reveals deep and hidden things.” In Ezra 5:2 it renders the larger action as beginning to build; these renderings reflect whole clauses rather than a word-by-word alignment.

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