Word Study · Strong's H5628 · Hebrew
סָרַח
sarach
saw-rakh'
Strong's 1890 spelling: çârach
“to extend (even to excess)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to extend (even to excess)
Rendered in the KJV as
exceeding, hand, spread, stretch self, banish.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- וּסְרֻחִ֖ים1
- נִסְרְחָ֖ה1
- סָר֜וּחַ1
- סְרוּחֵ֤י1
- סְרוּחִֽים׃ פ1
- סֹרַ֜חַת1
- תִּסְרַ֕ח1
How it is rendered · 7
- and [people] sprawled out1
- has it been corrupted?1
- it will overhang1
- overhung of1
- projecting1
- sprawled out [people]1
- spreading1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- adjective · masculine plural1
- adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- adjective · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HAampa · 1
- HAampc · 1
- HAamsa · 1
- HC/Aampa · 1
- HVNp3fs · 1
- HVqi3fs · 1
- HVqrfsa · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 26:12תִּסְרַ֕חtisrachverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singularAs for the overlap that remains of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over shall hang down over the back of the tabernacle.here: it will overhang
- Exodus 26:13סָר֜וּחַsaruachadjective · masculine singularAnd the tent curtains will be a cubit longer on either side, and the excess will hang over the sides of the tabernacle to cover it.here: projecting
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 17:6סֹרַ֜חַתsorachatverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularIt sprouted and became a spreading vine, low in height, with branches turned toward him; yet its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and yielded branches and sent out shoots.here: spreading
- Ezekiel 23:15סְרוּחֵ֤יserucheiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.here: overhung of
Amos2 occurrences
- Amos 6:4וּסְרֻחִ֖יםuseruchimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluralYou lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.here: and [people] sprawled out
- Amos 6:7סְרוּחִֽים׃ פseruchimadjective · masculine pluralTherefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.here: sprawled out [people]