What does שְׁרוּקָה (šĕrûqāh) mean in the Bible?
שְׁרוּקָה (šĕrûqāh): Scornful whistling or hissing expressing derision; represents mockery rather than neutral sound production
Hebrew · H8292
שְׁרוּקָה
A whistling (in scorn); by analogy, a piping
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שְׁרוּקָה H8292
Pronunciation šĕrûqāh
What does שְׁרוּקָה (šĕrûqāh) mean in the Bible?
שְׁרוּקָה (šĕrûqāh): Scornful whistling or hissing expressing derision; represents mockery rather than neutral sound production
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How does the BSB render H8292?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include the whistling (1).
Where does שְׁרוּקָה (šĕrûqāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Judges 5:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Judges (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It the whistling 1× Judges 5:16
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First aligned row Judges 5:16
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Judges 1
Source forms
שְׁרִק֣וֹת 1x šə·ri·qō·wṯ Judges 5:16
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine plural construct 1x Judges 5:16
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Scornful whistling or hissing expressing derision; represents mockery rather than neutral sound production
Source Gloss
a whistling (in scorn); by analogy, a piping
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Scornful whistling or hissing expressing derision; represents mockery rather than neutral sound production
a whistling (in scorn); by analogy, a piping BDB: hissing Usage: bleating, hissing.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
שְׁרוּקָה is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain