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2 Samuel 24:20
“And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H8259 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e. (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- appear, look (down, forth, out).
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יַּשְׁקֵ֣ף — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 22 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:16Genesis 19:28Genesis 26:8Exodus 14:24Numbers 21:20
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁקַף here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.