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Strong's #8311 - שָׂרַע
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- to extend, stretch out
- (Qal) extended (participle)
- (Hithpael) to stretch oneself
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2511) orx (סראה SRAh) AC: Exceed CO: ? AB: ?: Something of an unusual or excessive length. [from: rx- a remnant]
V) orx (סראה SRAh) - Exceed: [df: erV] KJV (3): (vf: Paal, Hitpael, Participle) superfluous, stretch - Strongs: H8311 (שָׂרַע)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
point directly at, also enter upon a path (Frä213 thinks originally divide, then stretch out, make straight), 
projecting roof, 
long-nosed ( torto naso ᵑ9 Leviticus 21:18); Ethiopic 
dispose, arrange; Sabean שרע arrangement, security Hom Chr 124; — but Aramaic 
explanation as mutilated Leviticus 21:18; Leviticus 22:23 PS2744, compare ᵐ5 ὠτότμητος); — Qal Passive participle שָׂרוּעַ extended, i.e. too long (in a limb or member), of man Leviticus 21:18, beast Leviticus 22:23 (see II. חרם).
Hithpa`el stretch oneself: Infinitive construct הִשְׂתָּרֵעַ Isaiah 28:20 (see מַצַּע p. 427:a).
שַׂרְעַמִּים see below שׂעף.
שָׂרַע to extend, to stretch out, Arabic شرع. Part. pass. שָׂרוּעַ stretched out, i.e. one who has a member (especially the ear) too long, compare Syr. ܣܪܝܺܥ ܐܪܶܢܐܳ large-eared, Leviticus 21:18, 22:23.
Hithpael, to stretch oneself out, Isaiah 28:20.
