בָּחַל bâchal — to loath
Translated in the KJV as abhor, get hastily.
a primitive root; to loath.
bâchal in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
בָּחֲלָ֥ה Zech 11:8 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person feminine singular
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
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 ›