STRONGS NUMBER H7602

H7602. sha

'aph I. שָׁאַף‎ verb gasp, pant, pant after, long for (so ᵑ7‎ Job 7:2); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular וְשָׁאַף‎ consecutive Job 5:5, 3feminine singular שָֽׁאֲפָה‎ Jeremiah 2:24, 3plural שָֽׁאֲפוּ‎ 14:6; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁאַף‎ Job 7:2, etc.; Participle active שׁוֺאֵף‎ Ecclesiastes 1:5; —

1 gasp, as a woman in travail, figurative of ׳י‎, Isaiah 42:14 ("" נָשַׁם‎); pant after, snuff up the wind (accusative), of wild ass Jeremiah 2:24; 14:6; construction praegn.שׁ ׳וְאֶלמְֿקוֺמוֺ‎ Ecclesiastes 1:5 unto his place he panteth (comes panting), of sun under figure of racer.

2 gasp or pant with desire Psalm 119:131 ("" יָאַב‎); pant after, be eager for, with accusative Job 5:5 (compare צַמִּים‎ p. 855:b), 7:2 ("" יְקַוֶּה‎), 36:20 (but obscure in context).

II. [שָׁאַף‎] verb crush, trample upon ("" form of שׁוּף‎ (q. v.), if pointing right, compare Kö^{i. 439}; We Now read שָׁאפִים‎, etc., from שׁוּף‎, compare Ges^{§ 72p}; perhaps originally pulverize by rubbing, but also apparently by pounding, stamping, treading, Levy^ChWB שׁוּף‎, Jastr^Dict.שׁאף שׁוּף,‎; — most make = I. שׁאף‎, but Vrss render as above); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular suffix שְׁאָפַ֫נִי‎ Psalm 56:2-3,plural שָֽׁאֲפוּ‎ 56:3; ,Infinitive absolute שָׁאֹף‎ Ezekiel 36:3; Participle suffix שֹׁאֲפִי‎ Psalm 57:4; plural שֹׁאֲפִים‎ Amos 2:7; 8:4; — trample upon, crush (the poor, etc.), figurative, with accusative of person 8:4; strangely 2:7 (We Now Marti strike out לְַעֲֿפַראֶֿרֶץ‎, which Torrey^{JBL xv (1896), 152 explained as old doublet,} compare ᵑ6 ᵐ5‎; AV RV pant after the dust, etc., hyperb. for extreme avarice, compare Hi Dr; but Dr thinks ᵑ9‎ possibly original: crush the heads of the poor upon the dust [compare Isaiah 3:15], in any case strike out בְּ‎ after ׳שׁ‎ crush); וְשׁ ׳שַׁמּוֺת מִסָּבִיב אֶתְכֶם‎ Ezekiel 36:3; Psalm 56:2; 57:4 and (accusative omitted) 56:3.