שָׁקַד shâqad — to be alert, i.e. sleepless
Translated in the KJV as hasten, remain, wake, watch.
a primitive root; to be alert, i.e. sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill).
shâqad in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 4Perfect (qatal) 3Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Imperative 1Infinitive construct 1Wayyiqtol 1
Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
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 ›