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title: שָׁקַד — watch · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁקַד (8245), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: watch. BDB 1906: vb. watch, wake. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁקַד

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«שָׁקַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **watch** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 12 times · **Key:** 8245 · **BDB:** שָׁקַד

### Glosses

\[am\].keeping.watch (2); I.am.wakeful (1); I.kept.watch (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

watch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8245/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. watch, wake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8245/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. watch, wake (Ph. שקד be circumspect; NH שָׁקַד be insistent; 𝔗 שְׁקֵד = BH);— Pf. 3 ms. שׁ׳ ψ 127:1, שָׁקַ֫דְתִּי Je 31:28 ψ 102:8; Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׁק֑וֹד Jb 21:32 (Me Bu יִשְׁקֹ֑דוּ), וַיִּשְׁקֹד Dn 9:14, 1 s. אֶשְׁקֹד Je 31:28; Imv. mpl. שִׁקְדוּ Ezr 8:29; Inf. cstr. לִשְׁקֹד Pr 8:34; Pt. act. שֹׁקֵד Je 1:12 +; pl. cstr. שֹׁקְדֵי Is 29:20;— keep watch of, be wakeful over, י׳ subj., עַל pers., to benefit or injure Je 31:28(×2); 44:27; עַל rei, to perform it 1:12; Dn 9:14; so (men subj.) שֹׁקְדֵי אָוֶן Is 29:20; of leopard watching עַל־עָרֵיהֶם Je 5:6 (to seize prey, fig.); of man watching (for admission) at (עַל) wisdom’s doors Pr 8:34 (‖ שָׁמַר); = keep guard over (עַל) Jb 21:32, cf. (abs.) שׁ׳ וְשִׁמְרוּ Ezr 8:29, and (of watchman, שֹׁמֵר) ψ 127:1. be wakeful, wake, as mourner, sufferer ψ 102:3.—La 1:14 read perhaps Pf. נִשְׁקַד עַל־פְּשָׁעַי (𝔊 Bu) watch has been kept over my transgressions (cf. 1 supra), for MT נִשְׂקַד עֹל פ׳.— denom. v. infra.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁקַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8245/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 102:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.102.8/)

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שָׁקַ֥דְתִּי וָאֶֽהְיֶ֑ה כְּ֝צִפּ֗וֹר בּוֹדֵ֥ד עַל־גָּֽג׃

*Word for word:* I.am.wakeful and I.have.become like a.bird isolated on a.roof

*JPS 1917:* I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop.

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[Job 21:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.21.32/)

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וְ֭הוּא לִקְבָר֣וֹת יוּבָ֑ל וְֽעַל־גָּדִ֥ישׁ יִשְׁקֽוֹד׃

*Word for word:* and he to.\[the\] grave(s) he.will.be.borne and over a.tomb someone.will.keep.watch

*JPS 1917:* For he is borne to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.

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