H7789 - שׁוּר (shûwr)

H7789 שׁוּר (shûwr) shoor

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

a primitive root (identical with 7788 through the idea of going round for inspection); to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for

KJV Usage: behold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שׁוּר (shur) — to see. 1) to see, behold, observe, regard 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to behold, observe 1a2) to regard 1a3) to watch, watch (stealthily), lie in wait

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שׁור (H7788 · H7789)

verb

Move | verb qal | ≈ בוא

to depart, to travel = action by which humans move from one place to another

SNG 4:8 · ISA 57:9 · EZK 27:25

verb

See | verb qal | ≈ ראה

to see = process by which humans perceive, either with their physical eyes or in a vision

NUM 23:9 · NUM 24:17 · JOB 7:8 · JOB 20:9 · JOB 24:15 · JOB 34:29 · JOB 35:14

See | verb qal

to look, to lurk = action by which humans or animals fix their eyes on a particular goal and observe it

JOB 35:5 · JER 5:26 · HOS 13:7

Safe | verb qal

to look after = action by which deities fix their eyes on humans and make sure that no harm will befall them

HOS 14:9

Know | verb qal

to perceive, to see, to recognize = process by which humans or deities perceive with their minds

JOB 17:15 · JOB 33:14 · JOB 35:13

verb

Speak | verb qal

to declare, to affirm meaning unsure; possibly: = action by which humans make a statement

JOB 33:27

¹ JOB 33:27 NJPS "declares" REB "affirms" GNT "say in public" CEV "tell" | RSV NJB NRSV ESV "sing(s)" = שׁיר

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[שׁוּר] vb. behold, regard behold

regard with watchful care

watch stealthily, lie in wait

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