Lexical Definition

‎שֹׂרֵק‎ sôrêq (so-rake') vine ^H:N-M
or שׂוֹרֵק sôwrêq (so-rake'); and (feminine) שֹׂרֵקָה sôrêqâh (so-ray-kaw'); from ‎שָׁרַק‎ in the sense of redness (compare ‎שָׂרֻק‎)

choice(-st, noble) wine. Compare ‎שָׂרוּק‎.

• a vine stock (properly, one yielding purple grapes, the richest variety)

1) choice species of vine, choice grapes

See Greek: ἄμπελος

Extended Information

• Also means: so.re.qah (‎ש‎ֹׂ‎ר‎ֵ‎ק‎ָ‎ה‎ "vine" שֹׂרֵק)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎שֹׂרֵק‎ noun [masculine] choice species of vine; — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Isa 5:2, ‎׳‎‎שׂוֺ‎ Jer 2:21 (both in figure).

‎שׂרֵקָה‎ noun feminine choice vine; — Gen 49:11.

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