UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Sense 1: to gasp, to pant

Semantic domains: Blow (002002001002)

Core domains: Body (019)

Definition: = process by which humans or animals strain for breath with an open mouth, ◄ caused by exhaustion or pain

Forms: vbqal-

Synonyms: נשׁם

ECC 1:5: RV ECC 1:5 · LV ECC 1:5 · Read together ECC 1:5

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OET-RV ECC 1:5

5 The sun rises and the sun sets,
⇔ then rushes around to its place, rising there again.

OET-LV ECC 1:5

5 And_ the_sun _it _rises and_ the_sun _it _goes and_near/to place _of_its it_is_panting it is_rising there.

ISA 42:14: RV ISA 42:14 · LV ISA 42:14 · Read together ISA 42:14

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OET-RV ISA 42:14

14 I’ve been silent for a long time now.
⇔ ≈ I’ve been still—I’ve restrained myself.
⇔ Now I’ll cry out like a woman giving birth.
⇔ I’ll puff and pant at the same time.

OET-LV ISA 42:14

14 I _have _been _silent from_long _ago/eternity I _have _kept _silent I _have _restrained _myself like _(the)_who]_gives _birth I _groan I _puff and_I _pant together.

Sense 2: to sniff the air

Semantic domains: Blow (002002001002)

Core domains: Body (019); Senses (154); Animal (010); Wind (198)

Definition: = action by which animals draw up air through the nose in an audible way; ◄ out of hunger or a desire to mate; ► in order to detect the smell of food or of a mate; ≈ associated with longing and desire

Forms: vbqal-

Collocations: שׁאף רוּחַ

JER 2:24: RV JER 2:24 · LV JER 2:24 · Read together JER 2:24

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OET-RV JER 2:24

24 You’re like a wild, female donkey, accustomed to the wilderness in its desire for the wind.
⇔ No one can hold her back when she’s in heat.
⇔ All those searching for her won’t give up trying to find her at mating time.

OET-LV JER 2:24

24 A _wild _donkey accustomed _to _of (of)_a _wilderness in_the _desire _of mmm it _pants _for the_wind heat _of who will_he _turn _it _back all _of those _of_who_seek _it not they _will _grow _weary in_month _of_its they_will _find _it.

JER 14:6: RV JER 14:6 · LV JER 14:6 · Read together JER 14:6

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OET-RV JER 14:6

6 Wild donkeys stand on bare hills and pant for breath like jackals—
⇔ their eyes have failed because there’s no vegetation.

OET-LV JER 14:6

6 And_wild _donkeys they _have _stood on the_bare _heights they _have _panted _for breath like_jackals eyes _of_their they _have _failed if/because there_is_not vegetation.

Sense 3: to pant after, to long for

Semantic domains: Wish (002004002001001)

Definition: literally: to pant after something; hence: = state in which humans wish strongly for something to happen

Forms: vbqal-

Synonyms: קוה

JOB 5:5: RV JOB 5:5 · LV JOB 5:5 · Read together JOB 5:5

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OET-RV JOB 5:5

5 Those who are hungry consume his harvest
⇔ even getting it from among the thorns.
⇔ Greedy people long for his wealth.

OET-LV JOB 5:5

5 Who harvest _of_his the_hungry he _eats and_to from_thorns he_takes _it and_ a _snare _it _pants _for wealth _of_their.

JOB 7:2: RV JOB 7:2 · LV JOB 7:2 · Read together JOB 7:2

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OET-RV JOB 7:2

2 He longs for the shade just like a slave does.
⇔ He’s just like a hired man who waits eagerly for his wages.

OET-LV JOB 7:2

2 Like_a _slave who_he _pants _for shade and_like_a _hired _labourer who_he _waits _eagerly _for wage[s]_of_his.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

JOB: RV JOB 5:5 · RV JOB 7:2 · RV JOB 36:20 · LV JOB 5:5 · LV JOB 7:2 · LV JOB 36:20 · Read together JOB 5:5 · Read together JOB 7:2 · Read together JOB 36:20

PSA: RV PSA 119:131 · LV PSA 119:131 · Read together PSA 119:131

Form 2

Part of speech: vb

Sense 1: to press

Semantic domains: Impact (002001001023)

Definition: = causative action by which humans violently press an object against or into another object

Forms: vbqal-

AMO 2:7: RV AMO 2:7 · LV AMO 2:7 · Read together AMO 2:7

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OET-RV AMO 2:7

7 They trample the heads of the poor into the dust.
⇔ They just push the oppressed out of the way.
⇔ A man and his father go lie with the same girl
⇔ and so profane my sinless reputation.

OET-LV AMO 2:7