שָׁקַק shâqaq — to course (like a beast of prey)
Translated in the KJV as have appetite, justle one against another, long, range, run.
a primitive root; to course (like a beast of prey); by implication, to seek greedily.
shâqaq in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 4Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Hitpalpel
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
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 ›