Strong's Definition
to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: desire (earnestly), devour, haste, pant, snuff up, swallow up.
TWOT Reference: 2305,2306
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁאַף (sha.aph) — to long for. 1) to gasp, pant, pant after, long for, breathe heavily 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to gasp, pant after, snuff up 1a2) to gasp or pant (with desire), pant after, be eager for 1a3) to thirst for one's blood (from actions of animals) (fig)
שָׁאַף (sha.aph) — to crush. 1) to crush, trample, trample upon 1a) (Qal) to trample upon, crush
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Blow | verb qal | ≈ נשׁם
to gasp, to pant = process by which humans or animals strain for breath with an open mouth, ◄ caused by exhaustion or pain
Blow | verb qal
Collocation: שׁאף רוּחַ
to sniff the air = action by which animals draw up air through the nose in an audible way; ◄ out of hunger or a desire to mate; ► in order to detect the smell of food or of a mate; ≈ associated with longing and desire
Wish | verb qal | ≈ קוה
to pant after, to long for literally: to pant after something; hence: = state in which humans wish strongly for something to happen
JOB 5:5 · JOB 7:2 · JOB 36:20 · PSA 119:131
verb
Impact | verb qal
to press = causative action by which humans violently press an object against or into another object
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁאַף vb. gasp, pant, pant after, long for base
[שָׁאַף] vb. crush, trample on base