shoresh
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shoresh (SHOR-esh) listen

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Definitions

  • n. The base of a Hebrew verb, usually three consonants.

  • n. The essential point, root.

  • n. A source.

Example Sentences

  • "Indeed, those final three letters, ayin-bet-dalet, form the word עבד (eved), which means slave. It’s also the shoresh (root) of numerous words related to the idea of work, everything from a 9-5 job to worshiping God." (source)

  • “To figure out a word's meaning, first find the shoiresh.” (Weiser)

  • “We traced the gemara to its shoiresh in Chumash.” (Weiser)

  • "what is ahavas yisroel? what is ahava? if we all come from the same shoiresh we dont differentiate." (source)

  • “The shoiresh of the electrical problem was a mystery to even the chief electrician.” (Weiser)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH שורש > Y שורש shoyresh

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow

      Alternative Spellings

      shoiresh, shoyresh

Notes

  • Plural shorashim.

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