שְׁרוּקָה shᵉrûwqâh

Meaning

a whistling (in scorn); by analogy, a piping

In the King James Version: bleating, hissing.

Derivation: or (by permutation) שְׁרִיקָה; feminine passive participle of H8319 (שָׁרַק);

Where it is used

• Judges 5:16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
• Jeremiah 18:16 They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.