Lexical Definition

‎שֶׁרֶשׁ‎ Sheresh (sheh'-resh) Sheresh ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎שֶׁרֶשׁ‎

Sharesh.

• § Sheresh = "root"
• Sheresh, an Israelite

1) son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh

Extended Information

• A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.16
• son of: Machir (מָכִיר) and Maacah (מַעֲכָה)
• brother of: Gilead (גִּלְעָד), Peresh (פֶּרֶשׁ) and Hammolecheth (מֹלֶכֶת)
• father of: Ulam (אוּלָם) and Rakem (רֶקֶם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׁ֑רֶשׁ‎ proper name, masculine in Manasseh (compare Old Aramaic proper name ‎שרש‎ Lzb³⁸³); — 1Chr 7:16 Σο[υ]ρος; ᵐ5^L Φορος. [‎שַׁרְשָׁה‎], [‎שַׁרְשְׁרָה‎] see ‎שׁרר‎.

‎שֶׁשְׁבַּצַּר‎ (Baer Gi; ‎׳‎‎שֵׁשׁ‎ van d. H.) proper name, masculine prince of Judah, leader of returning exiles Ezra 1:8; Ezra 1:11 (compare Biblical Aramaic Ezra 5:14; Ezra 5:16); Σαβανασαρ, A Σασαβασσαρος, ᵐ5^L Σαβασαρης; in 1 Esdras Σαναμασσαρος, etc. (probably = Šamaš-bal-uƒur or Sin-bal-uƒur Mey^{Entstehung d. Jud. 75 ff., 193} Selbie^{Hast. DB. under the word} Che^{Ency. Bib. under the word} Berthol^{Ezra 1:8} and references); — long identified with Zerubbabel, so BeRy Ryle, but improbable, see Sm^{Listen 19} Kosters^{Herstel 32 f.} Mey^{Entstehung l.c.}; Mey⁷⁷ and others identify with ‎שֶׁנְאַצַּ֑ר‎ 1Chr 3:18 (against this Now^{Hag 1:1}, yet see Berthol^l.c.). [‎שִׁשָּׁה‎] see ‎שֵׁשׁ‎ below ‎שׁדשׁ‎.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Son of Machir • Son of Machir and Maacah

Man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness

Sheresh, a son of Machir and Maacah, mentioned in the genealogy of Manasseh.

• A man from the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.16;
• only referred to as Sheresh שֶׁרֶשׁ;
• son of Machir מָכִיר and Maacah מַעֲכָה;
• a brother of Gilead גִּלְעָד, Peresh פֶּרֶשׁ and Hammolecheth מֹלֶכֶת;
• father of Ulam אוּלָם and Rakem רֶקֶם.

Sheresh is mentioned briefly in 1 Chronicles 7:16 as a son of Machir and Maacah. He appears in the genealogical record of the tribe of Manasseh, which is one of the tribes of Israel. Machir, his father, was the firstborn son of Manasseh and is described as the father of Gilead.

All entries for Sheresh: שֶׁרֶשׁ

Related Profiles:

• Machir (father)
• Maacah (mother)
• Gilead (sibling)
• daughter_of_Machir (sibling)
• Peresh (sibling)
• Hammolecheth (sibling)
• Ulam (child)
• Rakem (child)