שוק

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
שׁ־ו־ק (sh-w-q)

Probably from Akkadian 𒋻 (sūqum, “street”). Compare Arabic سُوق (sūq).

Noun

שׁוּק • (shuk) m (plural indefinite שווקים / שְׁוָקִים)

  1. market in the broad sense of the word
  2. souq, street market
  3. (Biblical Hebrew) street
Derived terms

Verb

שִׁוֵּק • (shivék) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of שיווק

References

Etymology 2

Root
שׁ־ו־ק (sh-w-q)

Compare Classical Syriac ܫܩܐ (šāqā, “shin”), Aramaic שָׁקָא (šāqā, “shin”), and Arabic سَاق (sāq, “shin”).

Noun

שׁוֹק • (shok) f (singular construct שׁוֹק־)

  1. shin
References

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English shock.

Noun

שׁוֹק • (shok) m

  1. shock: a state of great surprise.
    Synonym: הלם (hélem)
    אני בשוק. ― aní b'shók. ― I'm in shock.

Etymology 4

Probably a development of שׁ־ב־ק (š-b-q) / س ب ق (s-b-q), base stem Arabic سَبَقَ (sabaqa, “to precede”) in the sense of “trying to be before someone, competing with, rivalising” present in form III سَابَقَ (sābaqa).

Noun

שׁוֹק • (shuk) m

  1. (Mishnaic Hebrew) desire, longing

Further reading

  • “שוק” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • שוק on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, pages 1540b–1541a
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