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# שָׁקַק

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8264

**run** — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

run [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8264/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׁקַק: vb. run, run about, rush [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8264/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. run, run about, rush (appar. akin to √ I. שׁוק, whence שׁוֹק);— Impf. 3 mpl. בָּעִיר יָשֹׁקּוּ Jo 2:9, of locusts (‖ יְרֻצוּן; \> Gr proposes יִסְּקוּ from סלק); Pt. שֹׁקֵק Is 33:4, c. ב rei rush at, upon (like locusts); of roving, ranging bear Pr 28:15 (unless we read שַׁכּוּל); fig. of נֶפֶשׁ longing for water Is 29:8 (‖ עָיֵף and, v a, רֵקָה), ψ 107:9 (‖ רְעֵבָה). Impf. 3 mpl. יִשְׁתַּקְשְׁקוּן Na 2:5, of chariots, they rush to and fro.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[someone will be\] rushing (1); rushing (1); they (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 28:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.28.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.28.15/#tree)

אֲרִי־נֹ֭הֵם וְדֹ֣ב שׁוֹקֵ֑ק מֹשֵׁ֥ל רָ֝שָׁ֗ע עַ֣ל עַם־דָּֽל׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.lion roaring and a.bear rushing a.ruler wicked over a.people poor

*JPS 1917:* As a roaring lion, and a ravenous bear; so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

[Isaiah 33:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.33.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.33.4/#tree)

וְאֻסַּ֣ף שְׁלַלְכֶ֔ם אֹ֖סֶף הֶֽחָסִ֑יל כְּמַשַּׁ֥ק גֵּבִ֖ים שׁוֹקֵ֥ק בּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be.gathered plunder your (the).gathering of.(the) locust\[s\] like.\[the\] rushing of.locusts \[someone.will.be\].rushing on it

*JPS 1917:* And your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathereth; as locusts leap do they leap upon it.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8264.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8264/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).