שַׁ֫חַק
sha.chaq
“cloud”
Definition
a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament
from H7833 (שָׁחַק);
- dust, cloud 1a) fine dust 1b) (thin) cloud
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
שַׁ֫חַק appears 13 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
He made darkness a canopy around Him,a gathering of water and thick clouds.
Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;they are considered a speck of dust on the scales;He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
“We tried to heal Babylon,but she could not be healed.Abandon her!Let each of us go to his own land,for her judgment extends to the skyand reaches to the clouds.”
which the clouds pour outand shower abundantly on mankind.
Now no one can gaze at the sunwhen it is bright in the skiesafter the wind has swept them clean.
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