סקר

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Hebrew

Alternative forms

Root
ס־ק־ר (s-q-r)
4 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

סָקַר • (sakár) (pa'al construction)

  1. (obsolete) to glance, to ogle
    • Tanach, Isaiah 3:16, with translation of the English Standard Version:
      וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה יַעַן כִּי גָבְהוּ בְּנוֹת צִיּוֹן וַתֵּלַכְנָה גָּרוֹן וּמְשַׂקְּרוֹת עֵינָיִם הָלוֹךְ וְטָפֹף תֵּלַכְנָה וּבְרַגְלֵיהֶם תְּעַכַּסְנָה׃
      The Lord said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, glancing wantonly with their eyes, mincing along as they go, tinkling with their feet,
  2. (by extension) to investigate, to examine
  3. (by extension) to survey

Conjugation

Conjugation of סָקַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לסקור / לִסְקֹר
action noun סְקִירָה
passive participle סָקוּר
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first סָקַרְתִּי סָקַרְנוּ
second סָקַרְתָּ סָקַרְתְּ סְקַרְתֶּם1 סְקַרְתֶּן1
third סָקַר סָקְרָה סָקְרוּ
present סוֹקֵר סוֹקֶרֶת סוֹקְרִים סוֹקְרוֹת
future first אסקור / אֶסְקֹר נסקור / נִסְקֹר
second תסקור / תִּסְקֹר תִּסְקְרִי תִּסְקְרוּ תסקורנה / תִּסְקֹרְנָה2
third יסקור / יִסְקֹר תסקור / תִּסְקֹר יִסְקְרוּ תסקורנה / תִּסְקֹרְנָה2
imperative סקור / סְקֹר סִקְרִי סִקְרוּ סקורנה / סְקֹרְנָה2

1 Pronounced סָקַרְתֶּם and סָקַרְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Noun

סֶקֶר • (séker) m (plural indefinite סְקָרִים, plural construct סִקְרֵי־)

  1. a survey, a study

Verb

סִקֵּר • (sikér) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of סיקר

See also

References

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