אָשַׁם ʼâsham — to be guilty
Translated in the KJV as × certainly, be(-come, made) desolate, destroy, × greatly, found, hold) guilty, offend, trespass.
or אָשֵׁם; a primitive root; to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish.
ʼâsham in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 13Sequential perfect (weqatal) 9Perfect (qatal) 5Wayyiqtol 3Infinitive absolute 2Jussive 1
And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;
When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;
And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;
Hiph'il
Imperative 1
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
Niph'al
Perfect (qatal) 1
How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
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 ›