שָׂקַר sâqar — to ogle, i.e. blink coquettishly
Translated in the KJV as wanton.
a primitive root; to ogle, i.e. blink coquettishly.
sâqar in each stem
Pi'el
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
וּֽמְשַׂקְּר֖וֹת Isa 3:16 Participle (active), feminine plural
Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
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 ›