Hebrew verb · H7602
שָׁאַף
shaaphshaw-af'
to long for; to crush
14 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shâʼaph
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7602is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 14spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7602
to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten
The King James renders it: desire (earnestly), devour, haste, pant, snuff up, swallow up.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shaaph is rendered "to long for; to crush". It stands 14 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Four of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to long for".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 5:5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
- The Greek text spells it fourteen different ways.
The first use
The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
Job 5:5וְשָׁאַ֖ף
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to long for, and to crush.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to long forStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereJob 5:5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns… |
| to crushStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and I may pant1
- and I panted1
- and it is eager for1
- and to crush1
- crushes me1
- he has crushed me1
- he pants for1
- it sniffs1
- O those trample on1
- panting1
- they have crushed1
- they have panted for1
and 2 more, 14 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁאַל | shaal | to ask | Uses171 |
| שָׁאַר | shaar | to remain | Uses133 |
| שָׁאַג | shaag | to roar | Uses20 |
| שָׁאַב | shaab | to draw | Uses19 |
| שָׁאוֹן | shaon | roar | Uses18 |
| שָׁאָה | shaah | to crash | Uses6 |
| שָׁאַן | shaan | to rest | Uses5 |
| שָׁאט | shat | to despise | Uses3 |
| שָׁאָה | shaah | to gaze | Uses1 |
| שָׁאוּלִי | Shauli | Shaulite | Uses1 |
| שָׁאַס | shaas | to spoil | Usesnot recorded |
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
14 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֤ים1
- הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֖ים1
- וְאֶשְׁאַ֖ף1
- וָאֶשְׁאָ֑פָה1
- וְשָׁאַ֖ף1
- וְשָׁאֹ֨ף1
- יִשְׁאַף־1
- שָׁאֲפָ֣ה1
- שָׁאֲפ֣וּ1
- שָׁאֲפ֥וּ1
- שֹׁאֲפִ֣י1
- שְׁאָפַ֣נִי1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural2HTd/Vqrmpa
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural2HVqp3cp
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute1HC/Vqaa
- Hc/Vqq3ms1Hc/Vqq3ms
- HC/Vqu1cs1HC/Vqu1cs
- Hc/Vqw1cs/Sh1Hc/Vqw1cs/Sh
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVqj2ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVqp3fs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HVqp3ms/Sp1bs
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HVqrmsa
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HVqrmsc/Sp1bs
Job
three uses
The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
- וְשָׁאַ֖ףveshaafHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it is eager for
Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.
- יִשְׁאַף־yishaf-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he pants for
Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.
- תִּשְׁאַ֥ףtishafverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you long for
Psalms
four uses
Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
- שְׁאָפַ֣נִיsheafaniverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: he has crushed me
My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
- שָׁאֲפ֣וּshaafuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have crushed
He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
- שֹׁאֲפִ֣יshoafiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: crushes me
I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
- וָאֶשְׁאָ֑פָהvaeshafahHc/Vqw1cs/Shtagged: and I panted
Ecclesiastes
one use
The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.
- שׁוֹאֵ֛ףshoefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: panting
Isaiah
one use
“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.
- וְאֶשְׁאַ֖ףveeshafHC/Vqu1cstagged: and I may pant
Jeremiah
two uses
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.
- שָׁאֲפָ֣הshaafahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it sniffs
Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
- שָׁאֲפ֥וּshaafuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have panted for
Ezekiel
one use
therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,
- וְשָׁאֹ֨ףveshaofconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: and to crush
Amos
two uses
They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.
- הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֤יםhashoafimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those trample
Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
- הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֖יםhashoafimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: O those trample on
The letters
Gematria 381· 1,101 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.