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

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«שֹׁוקֵק» 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:שֹׁוקֵק · **BDB:** שָׁקַק

### Glosses

\[is\].longing (1); longing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

run [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b9_5c1_5d5_5e7_5b5_5e7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. run, run about, rush [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b9_5c1_5d5_5e7_5b5_5e7/#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: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֹׁוקֵק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b9_5c1_5d5_5e7_5b5_5e7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 107:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.107.9/)

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כִּי־הִ֭שְׂבִּיעַ נֶ֣פֶשׁ שֹׁקֵקָ֑ה וְנֶ֥פֶשׁ רְ֝עֵבָה מִלֵּא־טֽוֹב׃

*Word for word:* (dm) he.satisfies a.throat longing and a.throat hungry he.fills good.thing\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* For He hath satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul He hath filled with good.

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[Isaiah 29:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.8/)

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וְהָיָ֡ה כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ יַחֲלֹ֨ם הָרָעֵ֜ב וְהִנֵּ֣ה אוֹכֵ֗ל וְהֵקִיץ֮ וְרֵיקָ֣ה נַפְשׁוֹ֒ וְכַאֲשֶׁ֨ר יַחֲלֹ֤ם הַצָּמֵא֙ וְהִנֵּ֣ה שֹׁתֶ֔ה וְהֵקִיץ֙ וְהִנֵּ֣ה עָיֵ֔ף וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ שׁוֹקֵקָ֑ה כֵּ֣ן יִֽהְיֶ֗ה הֲמוֹן֙ כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם הַצֹּבְאִ֖ים עַל־הַ֥ר צִיּֽוֹן׃ס

*Word for word:* and it.will.be just as he.dreams the.hungry \[person\] and there! \[he.is\].eating and he.awakes and.\[is\] empty appetite his and just as he.dreams the.thirsty \[person\] and there! \[he.is\].drinking and he.awakes and there! \[he.is\].faint and throat his \[is\].longing so it.will.be the.multitude of.all the nations \[which\].go to.war on the.mountain of.Zion

*JPS 1917:* And it shall be as when a hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth, but he awaketh, and his soul is empty; or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh, but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite — so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

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