- Original: שׁאף - Transliteration: Sha'aph - Phonetic: shaw-af' - Definition: 1. to gasp, pant, pant after, long for, breathe heavily a. (Qal) 1. to gasp, pant after, snuff up 2. to gasp or pant (with desire), pant after, be eager for 3. to thirst for one's blood (from actions of animals)(fig) 2. to crush, trample, trample upon a. (Qal) to trample upon, crush - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2305,2306 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to inhale eagerly; figuratively to covet; by implication to be angry; also to hasten: - desire (earnestly) devour haste pant snuff up swallow up. Total KJV Occurrences: 14 • Desire, 1 Job 36:20 • desireth, 1 Job 7:2 • devour, 1 Isaiah 42:14 • hasteth, 1 Ecclesiastes 1:5 • pant, 1 Amos 2:7 • panted, 1 Psalm 119:131 • up, 8 Job 5:5; Psalm 56:1; Psalm 56:2; Psalm 57:3; Jeremiah 2:24; Jeremiah 14:6; Ezekiel 36:3; Amos 8:4