חָרַד chârad — to shudder with terror
Translated in the KJV as be afraid, be careful, discomfit, fray, quake, tremble.
a primitive root; to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety).
chârad in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Wayyiqtol 9Imperfect (yiqtol) 6Perfect (qatal) 5Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2Imperative 1
And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Hiph'il
Participle (active) 12Infinitive construct 2Perfect (qatal) 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
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 ›