עָשׁוּק ʻâshûwq — used in plural masculine as abstractly, tyranny
Translated in the KJV as oppressed. [Doubtful.].
or עָשֻׁק; passive participle of H6231; used in plural masculine as abstractly, tyranny.
ʻâshûwq in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (passive) 2
הָ֣עֲשֻׁקִ֔ים Eccl 4:1 Participle (passive), masculine plural
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
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 ›