חָרַךְ chârak — to braid (i.e. to entangle or snare) or catch (game) in a net
Translated in the KJV as roast.
a primitive root; to braid (i.e. to entangle or snare) or catch (game) in a net.
chârak in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
יַחֲרֹ֣ךְ Prov 12:27 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
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 ›