חָרַם châram — to seclude
Translated in the KJV as make accursed, consecrate, destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).
a primitive root; to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose.
châram in each stem
Hiph'il
Perfect (qatal) 13Wayyiqtol 9Infinitive construct 7Sequential perfect (weqatal) 6Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Infinitive absolute 5Imperative 3
Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord.
And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
Hoph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 3
Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (passive) 1
For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,
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 ›