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 doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.Job 7:2 · יִשְׁאַף־As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,Job 36:20 · תִּשְׁאַ֥ףDesire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.Psalm 56:1 · שְׁאָפַ֣נִיTo the Overseer.—‘On the Dumb Dove far off.’—A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines’ taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,Psalm 56:2 · שָׁאֲפ֣וּMine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many are fighting against me, O most High,Psalm 57:3 · שֹׁאֲפִ֣יHe sendeth from the heaven, and saveth me, He reproached—who is panting after me. Selah. God sendeth forth His kindness and His truth.Psalm 119:131 · וָאֶשְׁאָ֑פָהMy mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed.Ecclesiastes 1:5 · שׁוֹאֵ֛ףAlso, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there.Isaiah 42:14 · וְאֶשְׁאַ֖ףI have kept silent from of old, I keep silent, I refrain myself, As a travailing woman I cry out, I desolate and swallow up together.Jeremiah 2:24 · שָׁאֲפָ֣הA wild ass accustomed to a wilderness, In the desire of her soul she hath swallowed up wind, Her meeting—who doth turn her back? None seeking her do weary themselves, In her month they find her.Jeremiah 14:6 · שָׁאֲפ֥וּAnd wild asses have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Consumed have been their eyes, for there is no herb.Amos 2:7 · הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֤יםWho are panting for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And the way of the humble they turn aside, And a man and his father go unto the damsel, So as to pollute My holy name.Amos 8:4 · הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֖יםHear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,