שָׁרַק
šāraq
hiss
Strong's H8319VerbHebrewTWOT 2468

שָׁרַק (šāraq) is a Hebrew verb meaning hiss. It appears 12 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8319).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2468)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2468)hiss, whistle, pipe; be shrill
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שָׁרַק verb: hiss, whistle, pipe

hiss, perhaps also, whistle, pipe

Strong's H8319 שָׁרַק: properly, to be shrill, i.e. to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)
KJV:hiss.

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.

See it in Scripture

1 Kings 9:8Job 27:23Isaiah 7:18

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