שַׁחַקshachaq
dust, cloud, (as fine, thin)
Pronunciation: shakh'-ak · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7834
Meanings
1. fine dust (Isaiah 40:15)
2. (thin) cloud (Deuteronomy 33:26; Isaiah 45:8; Jeremiah 51:9)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 21 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 33:26 “There is no one like the God of Israel. He rides across the heavens to help you, across the skies in majestic splendor.
- 2 Samuel 22:12 He shrouded himself in darkness, veiling his approach with dense rain clouds.
- Job 35:5 Look up into the sky, and see the clouds high above you.
- Job 36:28 The rain pours down from the clouds, and everyone benefits.
- Job 37:18 he makes the skies reflect the heat like a bronze mirror. Can you do that?
- Job 37:21 We cannot look at the sun, for it shines brightly in the sky when the wind clears away the clouds.
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).