# H8271 שְׁרֵא

שְׁרֵא (shᵉrêʼ), Strong’s H8271: to free, separate; figuratively, to unravel, commence; by implication (of unloading beasts) to reside KJV: begin, dissolve, dwell, loose.. Occurs 6 times.

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*shᵉrêʼ* — to free, separate; figuratively, to unravel, commence; by implication (of unloading beasts) to reside

KJV: begin, dissolve, dwell, loose.

Occurs 6 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [שְׁרָא] vb. 1. loosen. 2. abide
- Pe.
- 1 loosen
- 2 abide
- Pa. begin
- Hithpa. joints were loosened (in fear).

## Where it occurs
- [Daniel 2:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/daniel/2?v=22) — He reveals the deep and secret things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.
- [Daniel 3:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/daniel/3?v=25) — He answered, “Look, I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are unharmed. The appearance of…
- [Daniel 5:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/daniel/5?v=6) — Then the king’s face was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his thighs were loosened, and…
- [Daniel 5:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/daniel/5?v=12) — because an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting of dreams, showing of dark sentences, and…
- [Daniel 5:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/daniel/5?v=16) — But I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations and dissolve doubts. Now if you can read the writing and…
- [Ezra 5:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/5?v=2) — Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Yeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build God’s house which is at…