שָׁקַק
sha.qaq
“to rush”
Definition
to course (like a beast of prey); by implication, to seek greedily
a primitive root;
- to run, run about, rush, run to and fro, be eager or greedy or thirsty 1a) (Qal) roving, ranging, longing, rush out upon (participle) 1b) (Hithpalpel) to rush to and fro, rush back and forth
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
שָׁקַק appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
as when a hungry man dreams he is eating,then awakens still hungry;as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking,then awakens faint and parched.So will it be for all the many nationswho go to battle against Mount Zion.
Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts;like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.
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Like a roaring lion or a charging bearis a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
For He satisfies the thirstyand fills the hungry with good things.
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