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-it is also the root word of the following words:
+it is also the root word of the following related words:
-  *[[serex]], meaning "to crawl" (and by extension, "insects")
+  *[[serex]], meaning "to scurry" (and by extension, possibly "insects")
-  *[[yerex]], meaning "to terrify"
+  *[[yerex]], meaning "to terrify" (and cause to run)
-  *[[arex]], meaning "territory" and the name for "Earth"
+  *[[arex]], meaning "territory" and the name for "Earth", the place where we run.
 Some instances are traditionally translated in rather strange and inconsistent ways.
-In the book of Isaiah, a few rather contradictory translations appear. Isaiah 36:6 interprets 'rex zeh' as "a broken reed". Yet in the following chapter, Isaiah 42:3 translates the same word very differently. Here we read the famous phrase 'A bruised reed he will not break'. So which is it? Broken or Not Broken?
+In the book of Isaiah, a few rather contradictory translations appear. Isaiah 36:6 interprets 'qen rex' as "a broken reed". Yet in the following chapter, Isaiah 42:3 translates the same phrase very differently. Here we read the famous phrase '//A bruised reed he will not break//'. So which is it? Broken or Not Broken?
 The following verse inexplicably translates the same word 'rex' as "discouraged". Clearly this text has not be treated consistently.