שָׁאַף
sha.aph
to long for
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Occurrences in Scripture
8 total occurrences across the text
whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.
Job 7:2As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
Job 36:20Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Psalms 119:131I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.
Ecclesiastes 1:5The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
Isaiah 42:14“I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.
Jeremiah 2:24a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs the wind in her craving. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.
Jeremiah 14:6The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights. They pant for air like jackals. Their eyes fail, because there is no vegetation.