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
- מַשְׁרוֹקִיmashrôwqîy · H4953a (musical) pipe (from its whistling sound)
- שְׁרוּקָהshᵉrûwqâh · H8292a whistling (in scorn); by analogy, a piping
- שָׂרֻקsâruq · H8320bright red (as piercing to the sight), i.e. bay
- שֹׂרֵקsôrêq · H8321a vine stock (properly, one yielding purple grapes, the richest variety)
- שְׁרֵקָהshᵉrêqâh · H8322a derision
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.
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).