שְׁרֵקָה
she.re.qah
“hissing”
Definition
a derision
from H8319 (שָׁרַק);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
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H:N-F
Occurrences
שְׁרֵקָה appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
Therefore, the wrath of the LORD has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, horror, and mockery, as you can see with your own eyes.
I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;
I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.
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