STRONGS H7602:
Abbreviations
† I. שָׁאַף verb gasp, pant, pant after, long for (so
Job 7:2); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְשָׁאַף consecutive
Job 5:5,
3rd person feminine singular שָֽׁאֲפָה Jeremiah 2:24,
3rd person plural שָֽׁאֲפוּ Jeremiah 14:6;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁאַף Job 7:2, etc.;
Participle active שׁוֺאֵף Ecclesiastes 1:5; —
1. gasp, 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 שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 1:5 unto his place he panteth (comes panting), of sun under figure of racer.
2. gasp or
pant with desire
Psalm 119:131 (||
יָאַב);
pant after, be eager for, with accusative
Job 5:5 (compare
צַמִּים),
Job 7:2 (||
יְקַוֶּה),
Job 36:20 (but obscure in context).
† II. [
שָׁאַף]
verb crush, trample upon (|| form of
שׁוּף (which see), if pointing right, compare Kö
i. 439; We Now read
שָׁאפִים, etc., from
שׁוּף, compare Ges
§ 72 p; perhaps originally
pulverize by rubbing, but also apparently by pounding, stamping, treading, Levy
ChWB שׁוּף, Jastr
Dict.
שׁוּף,
שׁאף; — most make = I.
שׁאף, but Vrss render as above); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix
שְׁאָפַ֫נִי Psalm 56:2,
3rd person plural שָֽׁאֲפוּ Psalm 56:3;,
Infinitive absolute שָׁאֹף Ezekiel 36:3;
Participle suffix
שֹׁאֲפִי Psalm 57:4; plural
שֹׁאֲפִים Amos 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 Torrey
JBL xv (1896), 152 explained as old doublet, compare
; AV RV
pant after the dust, etc., hyperb. for extreme avarice, compare Hi Dr; but Dr thinks
possibly original:
crush the heads of the poor upon the dust [compare
Isaiah 3:15], in any case strike out
בְּ after
שׁ׳ crush);
אֶתְכֶם מִסָּבִיב שַׁמּוֺת וְשׁ׳ Ezekiel 36:3;
Psalm 56:2;
Psalm 57:4 and (accusative omitted)
Psalm 56:3.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Job
5:5; 5:5; 7:2; 7:2; 7:2; 36:20
Psalms
56:2; 56:2; 56:3; 56:3; 57:4; 57:4; 119:131
Ecclesiastes
1:5; 1:5
Isaiah
3:15; 42:14
Jeremiah
2:24; 2:24; 14:6; 14:6
Ezekiel
36:3; 36:3
Amos
2:7; 2:7; 8:4; 8:4
