Lexical Definition
שׁוּר shûwr (shoor) to see H:V
a primitive root (identical with through the idea of going round for inspection)
behold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.
- to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for
1) to see, behold, observe, regard
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to behold, observe
1a2) to regard
1a3) to watch, watch (stealthily), lie in wait
See Greek: ἀναστρέφω · διέρχομαι · ἐχθρός · καταμανθάνω · κατισχύω · ὁράω · περιβλέπω · προνοέω
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| תְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ | you observe him | Job.35.14 |
| תְשׁוּרֵ֣נִי | it will observe me | Job.24.15 |
| תְּשׁוּרֶ֥נּוּ | it will see him | Job.20.9 |
| תְ֭שׁוּרֵנִי | it will observe me | Job.7.8 |
| יָשׁוּר֙ | he watches | Jer.5.26 |
| יָשֹׁ֤ר | he watches | Job.33.27 |
| יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה | anyone perceives it | Job.33.14 |
| he observes it | Job.35.13 | |
| will he observe it | Job.17.15 | |
| יְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ | will he observe him | Job.34.29 |
| וַאֲשׁוּרֶ֗נּוּ | and I will watch over it | Hos.14.8 |
| וְשׁ֥וּר | and observe | Job.35.5 |
| אָשֽׁוּר | I will watch | Hos.13.7 |
| אֲשׁוּרֶ֖נּוּ | I observe him | Num.24.17 |
| אֲשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ | I observe him | Num.23.9 |
Brown-Driver-Briggs
II. [שׁוּר] verb behold, regard (especially Job); —
Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular יָשׁוּר Jer 5:26, suffix יְשׁוּרֶנּוּ Job 34:29, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שׁוּר Job 35:5 —
1. behold, with accusative of person Num 23:9; Num 24:17 (poems in J E, || רָאָה), לֹא תְּשׁוּרֵנִי, subject eye, Job 24:15, and (= I shall not exist) Job 7:8, compare Job 20:9 (subject מְקוֺמוֺ), Job 17:15 God object Job 34:29; Job 35:14 look, gaze, absolute, מִן local Song 4:8.
2. regard with watchful care (subject ׳י) Hos 14:9* so, = notice, Job 35:13 regard, observe, accusative of thing, God's word Job 33:14 (Hi De Da and others), so, (reading 2 masculine singular), Siegf Bu; Du יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ he (God) retracts it not.
3. watch stealthily, lie in wait, בְּנָמֵר עַלדֶּֿרֶךְ אָשׁוּר Hos 13:7 (subject ׳י; Meinh Marti אֶשְׁקֹד; ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 We Now and others אַשּׁוּר), Jer 5:26 (subject wicked). — Job 33:27 see שׁיר.
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Numbers | 23:9 · 24:17 |
| Job | 7:8 · 17:15 · 20:9 · 24:15 · 33:14 · 33:27 · 34:29 · 35:5 · 35:13 · 35:14 |
| Song of Solomon | 4:8 |
| Jeremiah | 5:26 |
| Hosea | 13:7 · 14:9* |