גָּרַף gâraph — to bear off violently
Translated in the KJV as sweep away.
a primitive root; to bear off violently.
gâraph in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
גְּרָפָ֔ם Judg 5:21 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular
The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
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 ›