Original Word: שֹׂרֵק Transliteration: soreq Phonetic Spelling: (so-rake') Short Definition: choicest
choicest, noble wine
Or sowreq {so-rake'}; and (feminine) soreqah {so- ray-kaw'}; from sharaq in the sense of redness (compare saruq); a vine stock (properly, one yielding purple grapes, the richest variety) -- choice(-st, noble) wine. Compare saruwq.
Genesis 49:11 BIB:(עִירֹ֔ו ק) וְלַשֹּׂרֵקָ֖ה בְּנִ֣י אֲתֹנ֑וֹ NAS: colt to the choice vine; He washes KJV: colt unto the choice vine; he washed INT: to the vine colt to the choice colt and his donkey's
Isaiah 5:2 BIB:וַֽיְסַקְּלֵ֗הוּ וַיִּטָּעֵ֙הוּ֙ שֹׂרֵ֔ק וַיִּ֤בֶן מִגְדָּל֙ NAS: And planted it with the choicest vine. And He built KJV: thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built INT: removed and planted the choicest built A tower
Jeremiah 2:21 BIB:וְאָֽנֹכִי֙ נְטַעְתִּ֣יךְ שֹׂרֵ֔ק כֻּלֹּ֖ה זֶ֣רַע NAS: Yet I planted you a choice vine, A completely KJV: Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right INT: I planted A choice A completely seed
