סָבַל çâbal — to carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensome
Translated in the KJV as bear, be a burden, carry, strong to labour.
a primitive root; to carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensome; specifically, to be gravid.
çâbal in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 4Perfect (qatal) 2Infinitive construct 1
And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Pu'al
Participle (passive) 1
That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
Hitpa'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
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 ›