שָׁרַק

sha.raqto whistleHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb12 occurrences8 books12 verses

Definition

a primitive root; properly, to be shrill, i.e. to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)
Traditional renderings: hiss.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

12 total
  1. 1 Kings 9:8וְשָׁרָ֑ק · and will hiss
    And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
  2. Job 27:23וְיִשְׁרֹ֥ק · and hisses
    It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.
  3. Isaiah 5:26וְשָׁ֥רַק · and whistles
    He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!
  4. Isaiah 7:18יִשְׁרֹ֤ק · will whistle
    On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.
  5. Jeremiah 19:8וְיִשְׁרֹ֖ק · and will scoff
    I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
  6. Jeremiah 49:17וְיִשְׁרֹ֖ק · and will scoff
    “Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
  7. Jeremiah 50:13וְיִשְׁרֹ֖ק · and will hiss
    Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.
  8. Lamentations 2:15שָֽׁרְקוּ֙ · They hiss
    All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
  9. Lamentations 2:16שָֽׁרְקוּ֙ · They hiss
    All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
  10. Ezekiel 27:36שָׁרְק֖וּ · hiss
    Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
  11. Zephaniah 2:15יִשְׁרֹ֖ק · hisses
    This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
  12. Zechariah 10:8אֶשְׁרְקָ֥ה · I will whistle
    I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.