Lexical Definition

‎שָׁקַף‎ shâqaph (shaw-kaf') to look ^H:V
a primitive root

appear, look (down, forth, out).

• properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e. (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle)

1) to overlook, look down or out, overhang, look out and down
1a) (Niphal) to lean over (and look), look down
1b) (Hiphil) to look down, look down upon

See Greek: βλέπω · ἐπιβλέπω · παρακύπτω · παρατείνω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎שָׁקַף‎ verb Niph`al Hiph`il overhang, look out and down (Late Hebrew Niph`al Hiph`il = Biblical Hebrew; compare Aramaic ‎שְׁקִיפָא‎, ;, rocky pinnacle, rock, Arabic ceiling, roof, sky (on connection of meaningscompare Arabic overtop, overlook, from be high; look down upon, from rise); —

Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎נִשְׁקְפָה‎ Judg 5:28+, ‎וְנִשְׁקָ֖פָה‎ Num 21:20 (read probably participle ‎הַנִּשְׁקָפָה‎, compare Num 23:28, GBG); 1 singular ‎נִשְׁקָ֑פְתּי‎ Prov 7:6 Participle ‎נִשְׁקָף‎ Num 23:28; 1Sam 13:18; Ps 85:12* feminine ‎נִשְׁקָפָָה‎ Song 6:10 — lean over (and look), lookdown, with ‎בְּעַד‎ of window, through Judg 5:28; 1Sam 2:16 = 1Chr 15:29; Prov 7:6 absolute look down, forth Song 6:10 with ‎מִן‎ of direction whence Jer 6:1; Ps 85:12* (both figurative); of mountain lean over upon (‎עַלפְּֿנֵי‎), overhang Num 21:20; Num 23:23; 1Sam 13:18 (read ‎הַגֶּעַ‎ for ‎הגבול‎ We Dr HPS and others). Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הִשְׁקִיף‎ Ps 14:2 +; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַשְׁקִיף‎ Lam 3:50, ‎וַיַּשְׁקֵף‎ Gen 19:28+, etc.;Imperative masculine singular cohortative ‎הַשְׁקִ֫יפָה‎ Deut 26:15 — look down (= Niph`al): with ‎בְּעַד‎ of window Gen 26:8 (J), 2Kgs 9:30, with ‎אֶל‎ person v2Kgs 9:32 look down upon, ‎עַלפְּֿנֵי‎, subject person Gen 18:16; Gen 19:28 (both J), absolute ‎וַיַּרְא‎ ‎׳‎‎וַיַּשׁ‎ 2Sam 24:20 (‎וַיַּבֵּט‎ in || 1Chr 21:21); especially subject ‎׳‎‎י‎, with ‎אֶל‎ location Exod 14:24 (J); with ‎מִן‎ local Deut 26:15; Ps 102:20*,+‎עַל‎ person Ps 14:2 = Ps 53:3*, + ‎וְיֵ֫רֶא‎ Lam 3:50.

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