סקר

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Hebrew

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Alternative forms

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Root
ס־ק־ר (s-q-r)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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סָקַר (sakár) (pa'al construction)

  1. (obsolete) to glance, to ogle [until 7th century C.E.]
    • 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 [from 2nd century C.E.]
  3. (by extension) to survey

Conjugation

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Noun

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סֶקֶר (sékerm (plural indefinite סְקָרִים, plural construct סִקְרֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. a survey, a study

Verb

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סִקֵּר (sikér) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of סיקר

References

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