שָׁאַף

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'aph I. שָׁאַף verb gasp, pant, pant after, long for (so ᵑ7 Job 7:2); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular וְשָׁאַף consecutive Job 5:5, Job 5:3feminine singular שָֽׁאֲפָה Jer 2:24, Jer 2:3plural שָֽׁאֲפוּ Jer 14:6; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁאַף Job 7:2, etc.; Participle active שׁוֺאֵף Ecc 1:5; —
1 gasp, as a woman in travail, figurative of ׳י, Isa 42:14 (|| נָשַׁם); pant after, snuff up the wind (accusative), of wild ass Jer 2:24; Jer 14:6; construction praegn.שׁ ׳וְאֶלמְֿקוֺמוֺ Ecc 1:5 unto his place he panteth (comes panting), of sun under figure of racer.
2 gasp or pant with desire Psa 119:131 (|| יָאַב); pant after, be eager for, with accusative Job 5:5 (compare צַמִּים p. 855:b), Job 7:2 (|| יְקַוֶּה), Job 36:20 (but obscure in context).
II. [שָׁאַף] verb crush, trample upon (|| form of שׁוּף (q. v.), if pointing right, compare Köi. 439; We Now read שָׁאפִים, etc., from שׁוּף, compare Ges§ 72p; perhaps originally pulverize by rubbing, but also apparently by pounding, stamping, treading, LevyChWB שׁוּף, JastrDict.שׁאף שׁוּף,; — most make = I. שׁאף, but Vrss render as above); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular suffix שְׁאָפַ֫נִי Psa 56:2-3,plural שָֽׁאֲפוּ Psa 56:3; ,Infinitive absolute שָׁאֹף Eze 36:3; Participle suffix שֹׁאֲפִי Psa 57:4; plural שֹׁאֲפִים Amo 2:7; Amo 8:4; — trample upon, crush (the poor, etc.), figurative, with accusative of person Amo 8:4; strangely Amo 2:7 (We Now Marti strike out לְַעֲֿפַראֶֿרֶץ, which TorreyJBL xv (1896), 152 explained as old doublet, compare ᵑ6 ᵐ5; AV RV pant after the dust, etc., hyperb. for extreme avarice, compare Hi Dr; but Dr thinks ᵑ9 possibly original: crush the heads of the poor upon the dust [compare Isa 3:15], in any case strike out בְּ after ׳שׁ crush); וְשׁ ׳שַׁמּוֺת מִסָּבִיב אֶתְכֶם Eze 36:3; Psa 56:2; Psa 57:4 and (accusative omitted) Psa 56:3.