בָּעַת bâʻath — to fear
Translated in the KJV as affright, be afraid, terrify, trouble.
a primitive root; to fear.
bâʻath in each stem
Pi'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 7Perfect (qatal) 3Jussive 2Participle (active) 1
But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him.
And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
Niph'al
Perfect (qatal) 3
But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.
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 ›