{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H8245",
  "lemma": "שָׁקַד",
  "transliteration": "shâqad",
  "definition": "to be alert, i.e. sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill)",
  "kjv": "hasten, remain, wake, watch (for).",
  "occurrences": 12,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "שָׁקַד vb. watch, wake",
    "Qal",
    "1. keep watch of, be wakeful over",
    "2. be wakeful, wake, as mourner, sufferer",
    "Niph. watch has been kept over my transgressions",
    "Pu. denom. v. infra."
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 29:20",
      "text": "For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off—",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/29?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 1:12",
      "text": "Then the LORD said to me, “You have seen well; for I watch over my word to perform it.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/1?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 5:6",
      "text": "Therefore a lion out of the forest will kill them. A wolf of the evenings will destroy them. A leopard will watch…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/5?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 31:28",
      "text": "It will happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/31?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 44:27",
      "text": "Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will be…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/44?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 102:8",
      "text": "I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/102?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 127:1",
      "text": "A Song of Ascents. By Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/127?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 8:34",
      "text": "Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/8?v=34"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Job 21:32",
      "text": "Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men will keep watch over the tomb.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/21?v=32"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Daniel 9:14",
      "text": "Therefore the LORD has watched over the evil, and brought it on us; for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/daniel/9?v=14"
    }
  ],
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