H8259
שָׁקַף
to look
1) to overlook, look down or out, overhang, look out and down 1a) (Niphal) to lean over (and look), look down 1b) (Hiphil) to look down, look down upon
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
I. שָׁקַף verb Niph`al Hiph`il overhang, look out and down (Late Hebrew Niph`al Hiph`il = Biblical Hebrew; compare Aramaic שְׁקִיפָא, ;, rocky pinnacle, rock, Arabic ceiling, roof, sky (on connection of meaningscompare Arabic overtop, overlook, from be high; look down upon, from rise); —
Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular נִשְׁקְפָה Judg 5:28+, וְנִשְׁקָ֖פָה Num 21:20 (read probably participle הַנִּשְׁקָפָה, compare Num 23:28, GBG); 1 singular נִשְׁקָ֑פְתּי Prov 7:6 Participle נִשְׁקָף Num 23:28; 1Sam 13:18; Ps 85:12 feminine נִשְׁקָפָָה Song 6:10 — lean over (and look), lookdown, with בְּעַד of window, through Judg 5:28; 1Sam 2:16 = 1Chr 15:29; Prov 7:6 absolute look down, forth Song 6:10 with מִן of direction whence Jer 6:1; Ps 85:12 (both figurative); of mountain lean over upon (עַלפְּֿנֵי), overhang Num 21:20; Num 23:23; 1Sam 13:18 (read הַגֶּעַ for הגבול We Dr HPS and others). Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular הִשְׁקִיף Ps 14:2 +; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַשְׁקִיף Lam 3:50, וַיַּשְׁקֵף Gen 19:28+, etc.;Imperative masculine singular cohortative הַשְׁקִ֫יפָה Deut 26:15 — look down (= Niph`al): with בְּעַד of window Gen 26:8 (J), 2Kgs 9:30, with אֶל person v2Kgs 9:32 look down upon, עַלפְּֿנֵי, subject person Gen 18:16; Gen 19:28 (both J), absolute וַיַּרְא ׳וַיַּשׁ 2Sam 24:20 (וַיַּבֵּט in || 1Chr 21:21); especially subject ׳י, with אֶל location Exod 14:24 (J); with מִן local Deut 26:15; Ps 102:20,+עַל person Ps 14:2 = Ps 53:3, + וְיֵ֫רֶא Lam 3:50.
16 occurrences
Genesis (3), Exodus (1), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (1), I Samuel (1), II Samuel (1), II Kings (2), Psalms (1), Song of Solomon (1), Jeremiah (1), Lamentations (1)