hebrew #7602 - שָׁאַף sha'aph (to gasp)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance desire earnestly, devour, haste, pant, snuff up, swallow up A primitive root; to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten -- desire (earnestly), devour, haste, pant, snuff up, swallow up. Englishman's Concordance 1) to gasp, pant, pant after, long for, breathe heavily 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to gasp, pant after, snuff up 1a2) to gasp or pant (with desire), pant after, be eager for 1a3) to thirst for one’s blood (from actions of animals) (figuratively) 2) to crush, trample, trample upon 2a) (Qal) to trample upon, crush Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 2305, 2306 Brown-Driver-Briggs I. שָׁאַףverbgasp, pant, pant after, long for (so ᵑ7Job 7:2); — QalPerfect3masculine singular וְשָׁאַף consecutive Job 5:5, 3feminine singular שָֽׁאֲפָהJeremiah 2:24, 3plural שָֽׁאֲפוּJeremiah 14:6; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁאַףJob 7:2, etc.; Participle activeשׁוֺאֵףEcclesiastes 1:5; — 1gasp, as a woman in travail, figurative of ׳י, Isaiah 42:14 ("" נָשַׁם); pant after, snuff up the wind (accusative), of wild ass Jeremiah 2:24; Jeremiah 14:6; construction praegn.׳וְאֶלמְֿקוֺמוֺ שׁEcclesiastes 1:5unto his place he panteth (comes panting), of sun under figure of racer. 2gasp or pant with desire Psalm 119:131 ("" יָאַב); pant after, be eager for, with accusative Job 5:5 (compare צַמִּים p. 855:b), Job 7:2 ("" יְקַוֶּה), Job 36:20 (but obscure in context). II. [שָׁאַף] verbcrush, trample upon ("" form of שׁוּף (q. v.), if pointing right, compare Köi. 439; We Now read שָׁאפִים, etc., from שׁוּף, compare Ges§ 72p; perhaps originally pulverize by rubbing, but also apparently by pounding, stamping, treading, LevyChWBשׁוּף, JastrDict.שׁוּף, שׁאף; — most make=I. שׁאף, but Vrss render as above); — QalPerfect3masculine singular suffix שְׁאָפַ֫נִיPsalm 56:2, 3plural שָֽׁאֲפוּPsalm 56:3; ,Infinitive absoluteשָׁאֹףEzekiel 36:3; Participle suffix שֹׁאֲפִיPsalm 57:4; plural שֹׁאֲפִיםAmos 2:7; Amos 8:4; — trample upon, crush (the poor, etc.), figurative, with accusative of person Amos 8:4; strangely Amos 2:7 (We Now Marti strike out לְַעֲֿפַראֶֿרֶץ, which TorreyJBL xv (1896), 152 explained as old doublet, compare ᵐ5ᵑ6; AV RV pant after the dust, etc., hyperb. for extreme avarice, compare Hi Dr; but Dr thinks ᵑ9 possibly original: crush the heads of the poor upon the dust [compare Isaiah 3:15], in any case strike out בְּ after ׳שׁcrush); אֶתְכֶם מִסָּבִיב׳שַׁמּוֺת וְשׁEzekiel 36:3; Psalm 56:2; Psalm 57:4 and (accusative omitted) Psalm 56:3. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 7602. שָׁאַף (sha'aph) — 14 OccurrencesJob 5:5 Job 7:2 Job 36:20 Psalm 56:1 Psalm 56:2 Psalm 57:3 Psalm 119:131 Ecclesiastes 1:5 Isaiah 42:14 Jeremiah 2:24 Jeremiah 14:6 Ezekiel 36:3 Amos 2:7 Amos 8:4 |