דָּאַג dâʼag — be anxious
Translated in the KJV as be afraid (careful, sorry), sorrow, take thought.
a primitive root; be anxious.
dâʼag in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 3Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Participle (active) 2
And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.
When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
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 ›