סָלַף çâlaph — properly, to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvert
Translated in the KJV as overthrow, pervert.
a primitive root; properly, to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvert.
çâlaph in each stem
Pi'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Participle (active) 1Wayyiqtol 1
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
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 ›