עָבַט ʻâbaṭ — to pawn
Translated in the KJV as borrow, break, fetch, lend, × surely.
a primitive root; to pawn; causatively, to lend (on security); figuratively, to entangle.
ʻâbaṭ in each stem
Hiph'il
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Infinitive absolute 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Infinitive construct 1
For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
Pi'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›