גָּמַר gâmar — to end (in the sense of completion or failure)
Translated in the KJV as cease, come to an end, fail, perfect, perform.
a primitive root; to end (in the sense of completion or failure).
gâmar in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 2Jussive 1Participle (active) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
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 ›