בָּאַר bâʼar — to dig
Translated in the KJV as declare, plain.
a primitive root; to dig; by analogy, to engrave; figuratively, to explain.
bâʼar in each stem
Pi'el
Perfect (qatal) 1Infinitive absolute 1Imperative 1
On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
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 ›