שָׁאַף
sha.aph
“to long for”
Definition
to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten
a primitive root;
- 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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logos (G3056)
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
שָׁאַף appears 11 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
They trample on the heads of the pooras on the dust of the earth;they push the needy out of their way.A man and his fatherhave relations with the same girland so profane My holy name.
The sun rises and the sun sets;it hurries back to where it rises.
“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.
a 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.
The hungry consume his harvest,taking it even from the thorns,and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
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