Lexical Definition

‎שָׁרַק‎ shâraq (shaw-rak') to whistle ^H:V
a primitive root

hiss.

• properly, to be shrill, i.e. to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)

1) to hiss, whistle, pipe
1a) (Qal) to hiss (as a signal)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׁרַק‎ verb hiss, perhaps also whistle, pipe (Late Hebrew id., hiss (dubious), Aramaic ‎שְׁרֵיק‎ id. ᵑ7 Lev 2:15; Lev 2:16, id.; — from ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ comes Greek σῦριγξ according to Lag^{Abh GGW xxvi. 38} Lewy^Fremdw.165); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive ‎׳‎‎וְשׁ‎ Isa 5:26, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִשְׁרֹק‎ Isa 7:18 + (Job 27:23 read ‎יִשְׁרְקוּ‎ Me Bi Siegf Bu); 1 singular ‎אֶשְׁרְקָה‎ Zech 10:8 — hiss, as signal, ‎ל‎ person, figurative, ‎׳‎‎י‎ subject: Isa 5:26; Isa 7:18; Zech 10:1 in derision, ‎עַל‎ civitat., etc. (often + ‎שָׁמֵם‎ be astounded), Jer 19:8; Jer 49:17; Jer 50:13; Lam 2:15 (+ ‎הֵנִיעַ ראֹשׁ‎), Ezek 27:36 absolute Zeph 2:15; Lam 2:16; 1Kgs 9:8 (+ ‎חָרַק שֵׁן‎); ‎עַל‎ person Job 27:23 (with ‎מִן‎ local).

‎שׁרק‎ (ᵑ7 ‎שְׁרֵיק‎, Syriac , Biblical Hebrew ‎שָׁרַק‎ hiss, whistle (onomatopoetic).

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