Sheruqah שְׁרִיקָה
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| שְׁרִיקָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | sheruqah |
| Strong's number | H8292 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | piping |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Judges (1) |
Sheruqah (Hebrew שְׁרִיקָה, Strong's H8292) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “piping”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
piping, whistling, hissing
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | bleatings (1), hissing (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | whistling (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Sheruqah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 5:16Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 18:16To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).