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title: שָׁרַק — hiss · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁרַק (8319), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: hiss. BDB 1906: vb. hiss whistle, pipe. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁרַק

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«שָׁרַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hiss** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 8319 · **BDB:** שָׁרַק

### Glosses

he.will.hiss (6); they.have.hissed (3); he.will.whistle (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hiss [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8319/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. hiss whistle, pipe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8319/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. hiss, perhaps also whistle, pipe (NH id., hiss (dub.), Aramaic שְׁרֵיק id. 𝔗 Lv 2:15, 16, ܫܪܳܩ id.;—from שׁ׳ comes Gk. σῦριγξ according to Lag Abh GGW xxvi. 38 LewyFremdw. 165);— Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְשׁ׳ Is 5:26, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׁרֹק Is 7:18 + (Jb 27:23 read יִשְׁרְקוּ Me Bi Siegf Bu); 1 s. אֶשְׁרְקָה Zc 10:8;—hiss, as signal, ל pers., fig., י׳ subj.: Is 5:26; 7:18; Zc 10:1; in derision, עַל civitat., etc. (often + שָׁמֵם be astounded), Je 19:8; 49:17; 50:13; La 2:15 (+ הֵנִיעַ רֹאשׁ), Ez 27:36; abs. Zp 2:15; La 2:16; 1 K 9:8 (+ חָרַק שֵׁן); עַל pers. Jb 27:23 (c. מִן loc.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁרַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8319/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 27:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.27.23/)

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יִשְׂפֹּ֣ק עָלֵ֣ימוֹ כַפֵּ֑ימוֹ וְיִשְׁרֹ֥ק עָ֝לָ֗יו מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* someone.will.clap on him palms his and he.will.hiss on him from place his

*JPS 1917:* Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

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[Zechariah 10:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.10.8/)

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אֶשְׁרְקָ֥ה לָהֶ֛ם וַאֲקַבְּצֵ֖ם כִּ֣י פְדִיתִ֑ים וְרָב֖וּ כְּמ֥וֹ רָבֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* I.will.whistle for them and I will.gather.them (dm) I have.redeemed.them and they.will.multiply as they.multiplied

*JPS 1917:* I will hiss for them, and gather them, for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they have increased.

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