H8319 שָׁרַק (shâraq) shaw-rak'

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

to whistle

Strong's Definition

properly, to be shrill, i.e. to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: hiss.

TWOT Reference: 2468

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to hiss, whistle, pipe

1a) (Qal) to hiss (as a signal)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁרַק (sha.raq) — to whistle. 1) to hiss, whistle, pipe 1a) (Qal) to hiss (as a signal)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שׁרק (H8319)

verb · שְׁרֵקָה · שְׁרִקָה

Sounds | verb qal

to hiss = action by which humans produce a sharp sibilant sound ► as an expression of disapproval and derision

1KI 9:8 · JOB 27:23 · JER 19:8 · JER 49:17 · JER 50:13 · LAM 2:15 · LAM 2:16 · EZK 27:36 · ZEP 2:15

Sounds | verb qal

to whistle = action by which humans produce a clear, high-pitched sound made by forcing breath through a small hole between partly closed lips, or between one’s teeth, ► in order to send a signal; ≈ only used in an anthropomorphic sense for God

ISA 5:26 · ISA 7:18 · ZEC 10:8

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁרַק vb. hiss, perh. also, whistle, pipe base

Bible Occurrences (12)

9:8

27:23

5:26 7:18

19:8 49:17 50:13

2:15 2:16

27:36

2:15

10:8

1 Kings 9:8

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?

Job 27:23

It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.

Isaiah 5:26

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!

Isaiah 7:18

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.

Jeremiah 19:8

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.

Jeremiah 49:17

Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.

Jeremiah 50:13

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.

Lamentations 2:15

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?