עָמַס ʻâmaç — to load, i.e. impose a burden (or figuratively, infliction)
Translated in the KJV as be borne, burden, lade, load, put.
or עָמַשׂ; a primitive root; to load, i.e. impose a burden (or figuratively, infliction).
ʻâmaç in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 3Participle (passive) 2Wayyiqtol 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
Hiph'il
Perfect (qatal) 2
And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
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 ›