[שַׁרְשְׁרָה] noun feminine (in spite of following suffix masculine Exodus 28:14, Ges^{§ 135o} Albr^{ZAW xv (1895), 316, xvi (1896), 96}) chain (Assyrian šaršarratu, chain, fetter; Mishna שַׁרְשָׁרוֺת, Talmud שַׁרְשׁוּרָא, Syriac , chain or rope of palm-leaves, etc., but also Late Hebrew שַׁלְשֶׁלֶת chain, ᵑ7 שֵׁישְׁלָא, Syriac [whence Arabic , see Ethiopic ], (connection with ׳שַׁר denied by Nö^{B88W 56 Anm. 9})); — plural שַׁרְשְׁרוֺת, absolute 1 Kings 7:17 +, רֹת- absolute 2 Chronicles 3:15, construct Exodus 28:14 +, שַׁרְשֹׁת Exodus 28:22 (either abbreviated or textual error); — chains of gold, like wreaths, attached to ephod Exodus 28:14 (twice in verse); Exodus 28:22; Exodus 39:15; ornaments on pillars at porch of temple 1 Kings 7:17 (׳גְּדִלִים מַעֲשֵׂה שׁ), "" 2 Chronicles 3:15,16 (twice in verse).

שׁרשׁ (apparently √ of following; Di^{Job 40:16} Buhl and others think = שׁרשׁר, √ שׁרר, compare שֹׁר, etc., Ethiopic nerve, muscle, whence שֹׁרֶשׁ as root-fibre, but word very ancient, and this der,quite unproven; Schw^{ZMG iii (1898), 140 f.} compare Arabic ( by dissimilation), thorn-bush, hard, rough, rugged (of ground), ill-natured, cross; hence שֹׁרֶשׁ, from tough, gnarled root-fibres; Late Hebrew and Phoenician שרש, Assyrian šuršu, all root, Sabean שרס (see Arabic above) root, foundation Hom^{Chr 124}, אשרס foundation DHM^{AMG xxix (1875), 606}; xxxvii (1883), 415; Aramaic שׁוֺרְשָׁא, root).