סָכַת çâkath — by implication, to observe quietly
Translated in the KJV as take heed.
a primitive root to be silent; by implication, to observe quietly.
çâkath in each stem
Hiph'il
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Imperative 1
הַסְכֵּ֤ת Deut 27:9 Imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God.
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 ›