עָקַר ʻâqar — to pluck up (especially by the roots)
Translated in the KJV as dig down, hough, pluck up, root up.
a primitive root; to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate.
ʻâqar in each stem
Pi'el
Perfect (qatal) 2Wayyiqtol 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
And the Lord said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
Qal (Pa'al)
Infinitive construct 1
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
Niph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted 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 ›