אָיַב ʼâyab — to hate (as one of an opposite tribe or party)
Translated in the KJV as be an enemy.
a primitive root; to hate (as one of an opposite tribe or party); hence to be hostile.
ʼâyab in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
וְאָֽיַבְתִּי֙ Exod 23:22 Sequential perfect (weqatal), 1st person common singular
But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
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 ›