{"def":{"short":"to be alert, i.e., sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill)","long":["to wake, watch, awake, be alert",["(Qal)",["to keep watch of, be wakeful over","to be wakeful, wake (as mourner or sufferer)"]]]},"deriv":"a primitive root","pronun":{"ipa":"ʃɔːˈk’ɑd̪","ipa_mod":"ʃɑːˈkɑd","sbl":"šāqad","dic":"shaw-KAHD","dic_mod":"sha-KAHD"}}