שָׁקַף

vb. Niph. Hiph. overhang, look out and down (NH Niph. Hiph. = BH; cf. Aramaic שְׁקִיפָא, ܫܩܺܝܦܳܐ rocky pinnacle, rock, Arabic سَقْفٌ ceiling, roof, sky (on connex. of meanings cf. Arabic أَشْرَفَ overtop, overlook, from شَرُفَ be high; اِطَّلَعَ look down upon, from طَلَعَ rise));— Pf. 3 fs. נִשְׁקְפָה Ju 5:28 +, וְנִשְׁקָ֖פָח Nu 21:20 (read prob. pt. הַנִּשְׁקָפָה, cf. 23:28, GBG); 1 s. נִשְׁקָ֑פְתִּי Pr 7:6; Pt. נִשְׁקָף Nu 23:28; 1 S 13:18 ψ 85:12; f. נִשְׁקָפָה Ct 6:10;—lean over (and look), look down, c. בְּעַד of window, through Ju 5:28; 2 S 6:16 = 1 Ch 15:29; Pr 7:6; abs. look down, forth Ct 6:10; c. מִן of direction whence Je 6:1 ψ 85:12 (both fig.); of mt. lean over upon (עַל־פְּנֵי), overhang Nu 21:20; 23:28; 1 S 13:18 (read הַגֶּבַע for הגבול We Dr HPS al.). Pf. 3 ms. הִשְׁקִיף ψ 14:2 +; Impf. 3 ms. יַשְׁקִיף La 3:50, וַיַּשְׁקֵף Gn 19:28 +, etc.; Imv. ms. cohort. הַשְׁקִ֫יפָה Dt 26:15;—look down (= Niph.): c. בְּעַד of window Gn 26:8 (J), 2 K 9:30, c. אֶל pers. v 32; look down upon, עַל־פְּנֵי, subj. pers. Gn 18:16; 19:28 (both J), abs. וַיַּשׁ׳ וַיַּרְא 2 S 24:20 (וַיַּבֵּט in ‖ 1 Ch 21:21); especially subj. י׳, c. אֶל loc. Ex 14:24 (J); c. מִן loc. Dt 26:15 ψ 102:20, + עַל pers. 14:2 = 53:3, + וְיֵ֫רֶא La 3:50.