- Original: שׁרא - Transliteration: Sh@re' (Aramaic) - Phonetic: sher-ay' - Definition: 1. to loosen, abide, begin a. (P'al) 1. to loosen 2. to abide (from loosing girths for camp) b. (Pael) to begin, open c. (Ithpael) to be loosened - Origin: a root corresponding to that of H8293 - TWOT entry: 3048 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: (Chaldee); a root corresponding to that of H8293 ; to free separate; figuratively to unravel commence; by implication (of unloading beasts) to reside: - begin dissolve dwell loose. Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • began, 1 Ezra 5:2 • dissolve, 1 Daniel 5:16 • dissolving, 1 Daniel 5:12 • dwelleth, 1 Daniel 2:22 • loose, 1 Daniel 3:25 • loosed, 1 Daniel 5:6