עֲוַל ʻăval — to distort (morally)
Translated in the KJV as deal unjustly, unrighteous.
a primitive root; to distort (morally).
ʻăval in each stem
Pi'el
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
מְעַוֵּ֣ל Ps 71:4 Participle (active), masculine singular
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
יְעַוֵּ֑ל Isa 26:10 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
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 ›