שׁוּרshûwr

behold, regard

Pronunciation: shoor · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7789

Meanings

Qal

1. behold (Numbers 23:9; Numbers 24:17; Job 24:15)

2. regard, observe, = notice (Hosea 14:9; Job 35:13; Job 33:14)

3. lie in wait, watch stealthily (Hosea 13:7; Jeremiah 5:26; Job 33:27)

Where it appears

Appears 15 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 23:9 I see them from the cliff tops; I watch them from the hills. I see a people who live by themselves, set apart from other nations.
  • Numbers 24:17 I see him, but not here and now. I perceive him, but far in the distant future. A star will rise from Jacob; a scepter will emerge from Israel. It will crush the heads of Moab’s people, cracking the skulls of the people of Sheth.
  • Job 7:8 You see me now, but not for long. You will look for me, but I will be gone.
  • Job 17:15 Where then is my hope? Can anyone find it?
  • Job 20:9 Those who once saw them will see them no more. Their families will never see them again.
  • Job 24:15 The adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No one will see me then.’ He hides his face so no one will know him.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).