שָׁאַף
Used: 8 times · Key: 7602 · BDB: שָׁאַף
Glosses
it.pants.for (2); I (1); I.pant (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
gasp tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. gasp, pant, pant after, long for tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. gasp, pant, pant after, long for (so 𝔗 Jb 7:2);— Pf. 3 ms. וְשָׁאַף consec. Jb 5:5, 3 fs. שָֽׁאֲפָה Je 2:24, 3 pl. שָֽׁאֲפוּ 14:6; Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׁאַף Jb 7:2, etc.; Pt. act. שׁוֹאֵף Ec 1:5;— gasp, as a woman in travail, fig. of י׳, Is 42:14 (‖ נָשַׁם); pant after, snuff up the wind (acc.), of wild ass Je 2:24; 14:6; constr. praegn. וְאֶל־מְקוֹמוֹ שׁ׳ Ec 1:5 unto his place he panteth (comes panting), of sun under fig. of racer. gasp or pant with desire ψ 119:131 (‖ יָאַב); pant after, be eager for, c. acc. Jb 5:5 (cf. צַמִּים p. 855b), 7:2 (‖ יְקַזֶּה), 36:20 (but obscure in context).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «שָׁאַף» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
אַל־תִּשְׁאַ֥ף הַלָּ֑יְלָה לַעֲל֖וֹת עַמִּ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽם׃
Word for word: do.not pant.for the night to go.up peoples in their.place
JPS 1917: Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.
כְּעֶ֥בֶד יִשְׁאַף־צֵ֑ל וּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗יר יְקַוֶּ֥ה פָעֳלֽוֹ׃
Word for word: like a.slave [who].he.pants.for shade and like a.hired.laborer [who].he.waits.eagerly.for wage[s] his
JPS 1917: As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages;
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