שְׁרָא
šĕrāʾ
loosen
Strong's H8271VerbAramaicTWOT 3048

שְׁרָא (šĕrāʾ) is an Aramaic verb meaning loosen. It appears 6 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8271).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 3048)

Range of meaning (TWOT 3048)loosen, abide; begin; were loosened; free, separate, unravel, commence, reside; dissolve, dwell, loose
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שְׁרָא verb: loosen, abide

Strong's H8271 שְׁרֵא: to free, separate; figuratively, to unravel, commence; by implication (of unloading beasts) to reside
KJV:begin, dissolve, dwell, loose.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Ezra 5:2Daniel 2:22

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