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) (fig)
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H7602 — שָׁאַף
sha.aph · to long for · Hebrew/Aramaic
13 tagged verse occurrences
Job 5:5 · וְשָׁאַ֖ףThe hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.Job 7:2 · יִשְׁאַף־Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.Job 36:20 · תִּשְׁאַ֥ףDo not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.Psalm 56:1 · שְׁאָפַ֣נִיFor the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.Psalm 56:2 · שָׁאֲפ֣וּMy enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.Psalm 57:3 · שֹׁאֲפִ֣יHe reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.Psalm 119:131 · וָאֶשְׁאָ֑פָהI open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.Ecclesiastes 1:5 · שׁוֹאֵ֛ףThe sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.Isaiah 42:14 · וְאֶשְׁאַ֖ף“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.Jeremiah 2:24 · שָׁאֲפָ֣הa wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.Jeremiah 14:6 · שָׁאֲפ֥וּWild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”Amos 2:7 · הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֤יםThey trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.Amos 8:4 · הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֖יםHear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,