שְׁרֵקָה
she.re.qah
hissing
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word שְׁרֵקָה (she.re.qah) is a verb that means "hissing". It is a form of expression that conveys a sense of disapproval, disdain, or even anger through a sharp, hissing sound. This word is used in various contexts throughout the Bible, indicating its significance in conveying strong emotions. The 7 occurrences of this word in the Bible suggest that it is a powerful and evocative expression that is used to emphasize a point or to convey a strong reaction. Its use in different contexts implies that it can be employed in a range of situations, from expressing disgust or annoyance to conveying a sense of warning or alarm. The fact that this word is classified under the semantic domain of "Speech & Communication" highlights its importance as a means of expression and conveyance of emotions. Its use in the Bible underscores the significance of vocal expression in human communication, and the various ways in which we can use our voices to convey meaning and emotion.
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Occurrences in Scripture
7 total occurrences across the text
Therefore Yahweh’s wrath was on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to be tossed back and forth, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as you see with your eyes.
Jeremiah 19:8I will make this city an astonishment and a hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.
Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,” says Yahweh, “and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations around. I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
Jeremiah 25:18Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, with its kings and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is today;
Jeremiah 29:18I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of horror, an astonishment, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,
Jeremiah 51:37Babylon will become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
Micah 6:16For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of Ahab’s house. You walk in their counsels, that I may make you a ruin, and her inhabitants a hissing; And you will bear the reproach of my people.”