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 · וְשָׁאַ֖ףwhose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.Job 7:2 · יִשְׁאַף־As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,Job 36:20 · תִּשְׁאַ֥ףDon’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.Psalm 56:1 · שְׁאָפַ֣נִיFor the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.Psalm 56:2 · שָׁאֲפ֣וּMy enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.Psalm 57:3 · שֹׁאֲפִ֣יHe will send from heaven, and save me, he rebukes the one who is pursuing me. Selah. God will send out his loving kindness and his truth.Psalm 119:131 · וָאֶשְׁאָ֑פָהI opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.Ecclesiastes 1:5 · שׁוֹאֵ֛ףThe sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.Isaiah 42:14 · וְאֶשְׁאַ֖ף“I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.Jeremiah 2:24 · שָׁאֲפָ֣הa wild donkey used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.Jeremiah 14:6 · שָׁאֲפ֥וּThe wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.Amos 2:7 · הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֤יםThey trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;Amos 8:4 · הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֖יםHear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,