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title: שָׁקַף — overhang · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁקַף (8259), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: overhang. BDB 1906: vb. Niph. Hiph. overhang, look out down Niph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁקַף

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«שָׁקַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **overhang** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 22 times · **Key:** 8259 · **BDB:** שָׁקַף

### Glosses

he.looked.down (4); she.looked.down (4); down (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

overhang [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8259/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Niph. Hiph. overhang, look out down Niph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8259/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Niph. Hiph. overhang, look out and down (NH Niph. Hiph. = BH; cf. Aramaic שְׁקִיפָא, ܫܩܺܝܦܳܐ rocky pinnacle, rock, Arabic سَقْفٌ ceiling, roof, sky (on connex. of meanings cf. Arabic أَشْرَفَ overtop, overlook, from شَرُفَ be high; اِطَّلَعَ look down upon, from طَلَعَ rise));— Pf. 3 fs. נִשְׁקְפָה Ju 5:28 +, וְנִשְׁקָ֖פָח Nu 21:20 (read prob. pt. הַנִּשְׁקָפָה, cf. 23:28, GBG); 1 s. נִשְׁקָ֑פְתִּי Pr 7:6; Pt. נִשְׁקָף Nu 23:28; 1 S 13:18 ψ 85:12; f. נִשְׁקָפָה Ct 6:10;—lean over (and look), look down, c. בְּעַד of window, through Ju 5:28; 2 S 6:16 = 1 Ch 15:29; Pr 7:6; abs. look down, forth Ct 6:10; c. מִן of direction whence Je 6:1 ψ 85:12 (both fig.); of mt. lean over upon (עַל־פְּנֵי), overhang Nu 21:20; 23:28; 1 S 13:18 (read הַגֶּבַע for הגבול We Dr HPS al.). Pf. 3 ms. הִשְׁקִיף ψ 14:2 +; Impf. 3 ms. יַשְׁקִיף La 3:50, וַיַּשְׁקֵף Gn 19:28 +, etc.; Imv. ms. cohort. הַשְׁקִ֫יפָה Dt 26:15;—look down (= Niph.): c. בְּעַד of window Gn 26:8 (J), 2 K 9:30, c. אֶל pers. v 32; look down upon, עַל־פְּנֵי, subj. pers. Gn 18:16; 19:28 (both J), abs. וַיַּשׁ׳ וַיַּרְא 2 S 24:20 (וַיַּבֵּט in ‖ 1 Ch 21:21); especially subj. י׳, c. אֶל loc. Ex 14:24 (J); c. מִן loc. Dt 26:15 ψ 102:20, + עַל pers. 14:2 = 53:3, + וְיֵ֫רֶא La 3:50.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁקַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8259/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.50/)

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עַד־יַשְׁקִ֣יף וְיֵ֔רֶא יְהוָ֖ה מִשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* until he.will.look.down and he.will.see Yahweh from heaven

*JPS 1917:* Till the LORD look forth, and behold from heaven.

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[Psalms 85:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.85.12/)

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אֱ֭מֶת מֵאֶ֣רֶץ תִּצְמָ֑ח וְ֝צֶ֗דֶק מִשָּׁמַ֥יִם נִשְׁקָֽף׃

*Word for word:* faithfulness from.\[the\] earth it.springs.up and righteousness from heaven it.looks.down

*JPS 1917:* Truth springeth out of the earth; and righteousness hath looked down from heaven.

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