עָשַׁק ʻâshaq — to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow
Translated in the KJV as get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, oppress, -or), do violence.
a primitive root (compare H6229); to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow.
ʻâshaq in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 9Perfect (qatal) 8Participle (passive) 7Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Infinitive construct 3Jussive 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Pu'al
Participle (passive) 1
And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
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 ›