עָשַׂק ʻâsaq — to press upon, i.e. quarrel
Translated in the KJV as strive with.
a primitive root (identical with H6231); to press upon, i.e. quarrel.
ʻâsaq in each stem
Hitpa'el
Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves
Perfect (qatal) 1
הִֽתְעַשְּׂק֖וּ Gen 26:20 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
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 ›