Strong's Lexicon

H7789

H7789 — שׁוּר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewshuwrverbOccurrences: 16TWOT: 2354

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H7789
Word:שׁוּר
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root (identical with H7788 through the idea of going round for inspection)
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:16
Transliteration:shuwr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:shoor
Meaning:1. to spy out 2. (generally) to survey 3. (for evil) to lurk for 4. (for good) to care for
KJV Renderings:behold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.

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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 .


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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