בָּרַח bârach — to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly
Translated in the KJV as chase; drive away, fain, flee, put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.
a primitive root; to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly.
bârach in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Wayyiqtol 20Perfect (qatal) 12Infinitive construct 10Participle (active) 5Imperative 5Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Cohortative 1Infinitive absolute 1
But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
Hiph'il
Wayyiqtol 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Participle (active) 1Perfect (qatal) 1
And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.
Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
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 ›