חָשַׁל châshal — to make (intrans. be) unsteady, i.e. weak
Translated in the KJV as feeble.
a primitive root; to make (intrans. be) unsteady, i.e. weak.
châshal in each stem
Niph'al
Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them
Participle (active) 1
הַנֶּחֱשָׁלִ֣ים Deut 25:18 Participle (active), masculine plural
How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
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 ›