שֹׁרֶשׁ
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. root (the part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction)
2. root (i.e. source, basis) (by extension)
3. root (e.g., a triliteral root) of a Semitic word (by extension, linguistics)
4. root (e.g., square root) (by extension, mathematics)
Pronunciation
shóresh
Examples35
אֲנִי חוֹשֵׁב שֶׁשֹּׁרֶשׁ הַבְּעָיָה נִמְצָא כָּאן.
I think that the problem is here.
הַכֶּסֶף הוּא שֹׁרֶשׁ כֹּל רַע.
Money is the root of all evil.
המורה שָׁאַל אוֹתוֹ, "מָה הַשֹּׁרֶשׁ הריבועי שֶׁל 256?"
The teacher asked him, "What's the square root of 256?"
בּוֹא נֵרֵד לשֹׁרֶשׁ הָעִנְיָן.
Let's get at the root of the matter.
דַּע אֵת השורשים שלך.
Know your roots.
ההסתייגות שורשיה עֲמֻקִּים.
The resentment runs deep.