עָתַק ʻâthaq — to remove (intransitive or transitive) figuratively, to grow old
Translated in the KJV as copy out, leave off, become old, remove.
a primitive root; to remove (intransitive or transitive) figuratively, to grow old; specifically, to transcribe.
ʻâthaq in each stem
Hiph'il
Wayyiqtol 2Perfect (qatal) 2Participle (active) 1
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth–el, and pitched his tent, having Beth–el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.
And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Perfect (qatal) 2
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
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 ›