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It can imply a physical spreading, such as the spreading of a garment or a metaphorical extension, such as exceeding limits or boundaries. In some contexts, it may also carry a negative connotation of overstepping or transgressing.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, boundaries and limits were significant, both in physical terms (land, property) and in moral or legal terms (laws, commandments). The concept of "spreading" or "extending" beyond these boundaries could be seen as both a positive action (growth, expansion) and a negative one (transgression, overreach). Understanding "sarach" within this cultural framework helps to appreciate its nuanced usage in the Hebrew Bible.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to go free, be unrestrained, overrun, exceed<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>decayed (1), flowing (1), lap (2), sprawl (1), sprawlers' (1), spreading (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">סָרַח</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>go free, be unrestrained, overrun, exceed</b></font> (Late Hebrew <font class="hebrew2">סָרוּחַ</font> <em>overhanging, flapping</em>; Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb071002.gif"> of camels, etc., <em>pasture where they please</em>; also <em>send forth</em> to pasture; II. <em>let</em> a wife <em>go free; let down</em> the hair; <img src="/bdbgif/bdb071003.gif"> <em>easy</em>. — Late Hebrew <font class="hebrew2">סָרַח</font>, Aramaic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb071004.gif"> usually = <em>corrupt, sin</em>); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em>3feminine singular <font class="hebrew2">תִּסְרַח</font> <a href="/interlinear/exodus/26-12.htm">Exodus 26:12</a>; <em>Participle active</em> feminine <font class="hebrew2">סֹרַ֫חַת</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/17-6.htm">Ezekiel 17:6</a>; <em>passive</em> <font class="hebrew2">סָרוּחַ</font> (compare Kö<sup>ii. 1, 137</sup> Ges<sup>§ 50</sup> f. Ba<sup>NB 180</sup>) <a href="/interlinear/exodus/26-13.htm">Exodus 26:13</a>; plural <font class="hebrew2">סְרוּחִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/amos/6-7.htm">Amos 6:7</a>, <font class="hebrew2">סְרֻחִים</font> vAmos 6:4; construct <font class="hebrew2">סְרוּחֵי</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/23-15.htm">Ezekiel 23:15</a>; — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> <em>go free, be unrestrained:</em> <font class="hebrew2">וּסְרֻחִים עַלעַֿרְשׂוֺתָם</font> <a href="/interlinear/amos/6-4.htm">Amos 6:4</a> i.e. probably = <em>and are sprawling</em> upon their couches (in contemptuous hyperbole), <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מִרַזְח ס</font> vAmos 6:7 <em>the revelry of sprawlers</em>; participle active of <em>overrunning, spreading</em> vine <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/17-6.htm">Ezekiel 17:6</a>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> of <em>overhanging</em> stuffs (properly <em>overrunning, exceeding, extended beyond limits</em>) <font class="hebrew2">תִּסְרַח עַל אֲחֹרֵי</font> <font class="hebrew2">הַמִּשְׁכָּן</font> <a href="/interlinear/exodus/26-12.htm">Exodus 26:12</a> (P) <em>it shall overrun</em> (<em>overhang</em>), over the back of the tabernacle, so <font class="hebrew2">יִהְיֶה סָרוּחַ</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">עַלצִֿדֵּי הַמּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/exodus/26-13.htm">Exodus 26:13</a>; <font class="hebrew2">סְרוּחֵי טְבוּלִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/23-15.htm">Ezekiel 23:15</a> <em>overhungof turbans</em>, extended with respect to turbans, = with pendant turbans (compare [<font class="hebrew2">טְבוּל</font>]). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Niph`al</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>3feminine singular <font class="hebrew2">נִסְרְחָה חָכְמָתָם</font> <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/49-7.htm">Jeremiah 49:7</a> usually <em>is their wisdom let loose</em> (i.e. <em>dismissed, gone</em>)? ("" <font class="hebrew2">הַאֵין עוֺד</font> <font class="hebrew2">חָכְמָה בְּתֵימָ֑ן אָֽבְד עֵצָה מִבַּנִים</font>); but Nö<sup>Expos. May, 1897, 363</sup> <em>is corrupt</em> (compare Late Hebrew, and especially Aramaic). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>exceeding, hand, spread, stretch self, banish <p>A primitive root; to extend (even to excess) -- exceeding, hand, spread, stretch self, banish. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וּסְרֻחִ֖ים וסרחים נִסְרְחָ֖ה נסרחה סְרוּחִֽים׃ סְרוּחֵ֤י סָר֜וּחַ סֹרַ֜חַת סרוח סרוחי סרוחים׃ סרחת תִּסְרַ֕ח תסרח nis·rə·ḥāh nisreChah nisrəḥāh sā·rū·aḥ saRuach sārūaḥ sə·rū·ḥê sə·rū·ḥîm seruChei seruChim sərūḥê sərūḥîm sō·ra·ḥaṯ soRachat sōraḥaṯ tis·raḥ tisRach tisraḥ ū·sə·ru·ḥîm useruChim ūsəruḥîm<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/exodus/26-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 26:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/26.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַיְרִיעָה֙ הָעֹדֶ֔פֶת <b> תִּסְרַ֕ח </b> עַ֖ל אֲחֹרֵ֥י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that is left over, <span class="itali">shall lap</span> over<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that remaineth, <span class="itali">shall hang</span> over the backside<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/26-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> curtain over <span class="itali">shall lap</span> over the back<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/26-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 26:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/26.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָאֹ֑הֶל יִהְיֶ֨ה <b> סָר֜וּחַ </b> עַל־ צִדֵּ֧י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the tent, <span class="itali">shall lap</span> over<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the tent, <span class="itali">it shall hang</span> over the sides<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/26-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the tent become <span class="itali">shall lap</span> over the sides<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/49-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 49:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/49.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עֵצָה֙ מִבָּנִ֔ים <b> נִסְרְחָ֖ה </b> חָכְמָתָֽם׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/49.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Has their wisdom <span class="itali">decayed?</span><br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/49.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> is their wisdom <span class="itali">vanished?</span><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/49-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> advice the prudent <span class="itali">vanished</span> wisdom<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/17-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 17:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/17.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַיְהִי֩ לְגֶ֨פֶן <b> סֹרַ֜חַת </b> שִׁפְלַ֣ת קוֹמָ֗ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> a low, <span class="itali">spreading</span> vine<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And it grew, <span class="itali">and became a spreading</span> vine<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/17-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and became vine <span class="itali">spreading</span> A low stature<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/23-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 23:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֵז֜וֹר בְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֗ם <b> סְרוּחֵ֤י </b> טְבוּלִים֙ בְּרָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔ם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> on their loins, <span class="itali">with flowing</span> turbans<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> upon their loins, <span class="itali">exceeding</span> in dyed attire<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/23-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> belts their loins <span class="itali">flowing</span> turbans their heads<p><b><a href="/text/amos/6-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Amos 6:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/amos/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מִטּ֣וֹת שֵׁ֔ן <b> וּסְרֻחִ֖ים </b> עַל־ עַרְשׂוֹתָ֑ם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/amos/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of ivory <span class="itali">And sprawl</span> on their couches,<br><a href="/kjvs/amos/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of ivory, <span class="itali">and stretch</span> themselves upon their couches,<br><a href="/interlinear/amos/6-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> beds of ivory <span class="itali">and sprawl</span> on their couches<p><b><a href="/text/amos/6-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Amos 6:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/amos/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְסָ֖ר מִרְזַ֥ח <b> סְרוּחִֽים׃ </b> פ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/amos/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the exiles, <span class="itali">And the sprawlers'</span> banqueting<br><a href="/kjvs/amos/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and the banquet <span class="itali">of them that stretched</span> themselves shall be removed.<br><a href="/interlinear/amos/6-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will pass and the banquet <span class="itali">and the sprawlers'</span><p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5628.htm">7 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5628.htm">Strong's Hebrew 5628<br>7 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/nisrechah_5628.htm">nis·rə·ḥāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/saruach_5628.htm">sā·rū·aḥ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/seruchei_5628.htm">sə·rū·ḥê — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/seruchim_5628.htm">sə·rū·ḥîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/sorachat_5628.htm">sō·ra·ḥaṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/tisrach_5628.htm">tis·raḥ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/useruchim_5628.htm">ū·sə·ru·ḥîm — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 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