שָׁאַף (šāʾap) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning crush. It appears
14 times
in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7602).
Also rendered
gasp
to long for
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2305)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2305)gasp, pant, pant after, long for; inhale eagerly, cover, be angry, hasten; desire, devour, haste, snuff up, swallow up
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
שָׁאַףverb: gasp, pant, pant after, long for
gasp, pant, pant after, long for
Strong's H7602שָׁאַף: to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten KJV:desire (earnestly), devour, haste, pant, snuff up, swallow up.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.