What does שֹׂרֵק (šōrēq) mean in the Bible?
שֹׂרֵק (šōrēq): Premium wine variety symbolizing Israel's choicest blessing, later divine judgment on unfruitful vines.
Hebrew · H8321
שֹׂרֵק
A vine stock (properly, one yielding purple grapes, the richest variety)
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שֹׂרֵק H8321
Pronunciation šōrēq
What does שֹׂרֵק (šōrēq) mean in the Bible?
שֹׂרֵק (šōrēq): Premium wine variety symbolizing Israel's choicest blessing, later divine judgment on unfruitful vines.
Full entry for שֹׂרֵק (H8321) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H8321?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the finest vines (1), to the choicest branch (1), vine (1).
Where does שֹׂרֵק (šōrēq) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 49:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It the finest vines 1× Isaiah 5:2
to the choicest branch 1× Genesis 49:11
vine 1× Jeremiah 2:21
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 49:11
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Genesis 1 Isaiah 1 Jeremiah 1
Source forms
שֹׂרֵ֔ק 2x śō·rêq Isaiah 5:2, Jeremiah 2:21
וְלַשֹּׂרֵקָ֖ה 1x wə·laś·śō·rê·qāh Genesis 49:11
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular 1x Genesis 49:11
Noun - masculine singular 1x Isaiah 5:2
Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Jeremiah 2:21
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Premium wine variety symbolizing Israel's choicest blessing, later divine judgment on unfruitful vines.
Source Gloss
a vine stock (properly, one yielding purple grapes, the richest variety)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Premium wine variety symbolizing Israel's choicest blessing, later divine judgment on unfruitful vines.
a vine stock (properly, one yielding purple grapes, the richest variety) BDB: vine Usage: choice(-st, noble) wine. Compare 8291.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Metaphor for Israel as God's choice plant, now degenerating into unfaithfulness
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
שֹׂרֵק is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain