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Ezra 8:29
“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.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H8245 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to be alert, i.e. sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- hasten, remain, wake, watch (for).
- Grammar
- שִׁקְד֣וּ — verb Qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 12 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 21:32Psalms 102:8Psalms 127:1Proverbs 8:34Isaiah 29:20
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁקַד here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.