שְׁרוּקָה
shᵉrûwqâh · sher-oo-kaw'
a whistling (in scorn); by analogy, a piping
Lexicon
Derivation: or (by permutation) שְׁרִיקָה; feminine passive participle of H8319 (שָׁרַק);
a whistling (in scorn); by analogy, a piping
- a whistling (in scorn)
- by analogy, a piping
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bleating, hissing.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁרוּקָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hissing2 · 67%
- the bleatings1 · 33%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.