חָרַג chârag — properly, to leap suddenly, i.e. (by implication) to be dismayed
Translated in the KJV as be afraid.
a primitive root; properly, to leap suddenly, i.e. (by implication) to be dismayed.
chârag in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
וְ֝יַחְרְג֗וּ Ps 18:46 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural
The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
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 ›