שָׁרַקshâraq

שָׁרַק: hiss, perhaps also whistle, pipe

Pronunciation: shaw-rak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8319

Meanings

Qal: hiss (Isaiah 5:26; Isaiah 7:18; Job 27:23)

ᵑ7: hiss, whistle

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 12 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Kings 9:8 And though this Temple is impressive now, all who pass by will be appalled and will gasp in horror. They will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do such terrible things to this land and to this Temple?’
  • Job 27:23 But everyone jeers at them and mocks them.
  • Isaiah 5:26 He will send a signal to distant nations far away and whistle to those at the ends of the earth. They will come racing toward Jerusalem.
  • Isaiah 7:18 In that day the Lord will whistle for the army of southern Egypt and for the army of Assyria. They will swarm around you like flies and bees.
  • Jeremiah 19:8 I will reduce Jerusalem to ruins, making it a monument to their stupidity. All who pass by will be astonished and will gasp at the destruction they see there.
  • Jeremiah 49:17 “Edom will be an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will gasp at the destruction they see there.
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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).