עָבַת ʻâbath — to interlace, i.e. (figuratively) to pervert
Translated in the KJV as wrap up.
a primitive root; to interlace, i.e. (figuratively) to pervert.
ʻâbath in each stem
Pi'el
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Wayyiqtol 1
וַֽיְעַבְּתֽוּהָ Mic 7:3 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine plural
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
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 ›