שָׁקַףshâqaph
overhang, look out and down
Pronunciation: shaw-kaf' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8259
Meanings
Niph`al: look down, lean over (and look) (Judges 5:28; Numbers 21:20; Numbers 23:28)
Hiph`il: look down, (= Niph`al) (Psalms 14:2; Lamentations 3:50; Genesis 19:28)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 22 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 18:16 Then the men got up from their meal and looked out toward Sodom. As they left, Abraham went with them to send them on their way.
- Genesis 19:28 He looked out across the plain toward Sodom and Gomorrah and watched as columns of smoke rose from the cities like smoke from a furnace.
- Genesis 26:8 But some time later, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out his window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah.
- Exodus 14:24 But just before dawn the Lord looked down on the Egyptian army from the pillar of fire and cloud, and he threw their forces into total confusion.
- Numbers 21:20 After that they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah Peak overlooks the wasteland.
- Numbers 23:28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, overlooking the wasteland.
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).