שָׁרַק
shâraq · shaw-rak'
properly, to be shrill, i.e. to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to be shrill, i.e. to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hiss.
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
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To consume, to destroy of the head, the highest of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁרַק 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and shall hiss2 · 17%
- shall hiss2 · 17%
- and hiss2 · 17%
- at him, and shall hiss1 · 8%
- and will hiss1 · 8%
- they hiss1 · 8%
- against thee: they hiss1 · 8%
- her shall hiss1 · 8%
- i will hiss1 · 8%
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.