Sheresh in the Bible — Hidden Meaning & Symbolism

scraping the ground; creeping; germ; sprout; shoot; root; germination; trunk; branch; lowest part; bottom; base; seat; abode; stock; race; genus. Son of Machir, and grandson of Manasseh (I Chron. 7:16). Meta. Sheresh, in its highest sense, signifies the fact that the root, the beginning, or foundation (base, seat) of all understanding, of all expression and manifestation, is Spirit. In Isaiah 11:10 this same word is used figuratively of the Messiah, as the"root" of Jesse.