סָכַן çâkan — to be familiar with
Translated in the KJV as acquaint, be advantage, × ever, (be, ) profit, treasurer, be wont.
a primitive root; to be familiar with; by implication, to minister to, be serviceable to, to cherish, be customary.
çâkan in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Participle (active) 3
Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Hiph'il
Perfect (qatal) 2Infinitive absolute 1Imperative 1
And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›