אָרָה ʼârâh — to pluck
Translated in the KJV as gather, pluck.
a primitive root; to pluck.
ʼârâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Perfect (qatal) 1
The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
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 ›