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title: שָׁקַק — run · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁקַק (8264), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: run. BDB 1906: vb. run, run about, rush. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁקַק

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«שָׁקַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **run** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 8264 · **BDB:** שָׁקַק

### Glosses

\[someone.will.be\].rushing (1); rushing (1); they (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

run [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8264/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. run, run about, rush [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8264/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. run, run about, rush (appar. akin to √ I. שׁוק, whence שׁוֹק);— Impf. 3 mpl. בָּעִיר יָשֹׁקּוּ Jo 2:9, of locusts (‖ יְרֻצוּן; \> Gr proposes יִסְּקוּ from סלק); Pt. שֹׁקֵק Is 33:4, c. ב rei rush at, upon (like locusts); of roving, ranging bear Pr 28:15 (unless we read שַׁכּוּל); fig. of נֶפֶשׁ longing for water Is 29:8 (‖ עָיֵף and, v a, רֵקָה), ψ 107:9 (‖ רְעֵבָה). Impf. 3 mpl. יִשְׁתַּקְשְׁקוּן Na 2:5, of chariots, they rush to and fro.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁקַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8264/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 28:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.28.15/)

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אֲרִי־נֹ֭הֵם וְדֹ֣ב שׁוֹקֵ֑ק מֹשֵׁ֥ל רָ֝שָׁ֗ע עַ֣ל עַם־דָּֽל׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.lion roaring and a.bear rushing a.ruler wicked over a.people poor

*JPS 1917:* As a roaring lion, and a ravenous bear; so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

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[Isaiah 33:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.33.4/)

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וְאֻסַּ֣ף שְׁלַלְכֶ֔ם אֹ֖סֶף הֶֽחָסִ֑יל כְּמַשַּׁ֥ק גֵּבִ֖ים שׁוֹקֵ֥ק בּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be.gathered plunder your (the).gathering of.(the) locust\[s\] like.\[the\] rushing of.locusts \[someone.will.be\].rushing on it

*JPS 1917:* And your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathereth; as locusts leap do they leap upon it.

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