גָּרַס gâraç — to crush

pronounced gaw-ras' · Strong's H1638 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Qal (Pa'al), Hiph'il

Translated in the KJV as break.

a primitive root; to crush; also (intransitively and figuratively) to dissolve.

gâraç in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 1×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 1

גָּרְסָ֣ה Ps 119:20 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person feminine singular

My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. (KJV)

Hiph'il 1×

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Wayyiqtol 1

וַיַּגְרֵ֤ס Lam 3:16 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular

He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. (KJV)

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 ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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