- Original: שׁוּף - Transliteration: Shuwph - Phonetic: shoof - Definition: 1. to bruise, crush, gape upon, desire?, seize?, strike out? a. (Qal) to fall upon, bruise - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2349 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; properly to gape that is snap at; figuratively to overwhelm: - break bruise cover. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • breaketh, 1 Job 9:17 • bruise, 2 Genesis 3:15(2) • cover, 1 Psalm 139:11