חָסֵר châçêr — lacking
Translated in the KJV as destitute, fail, lack, have need, void, want.
from H2637; lacking; hence, without.
châçêr in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 2
חָסֵ֑ר 1Kgs 17:16 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular
And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah.
חָסֵ֑ר Eccl 10:3 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular
Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
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 ›