גָּרַר gârar — to drag off roughly

pronounced gaw-rar' · Strong's H1641 · 5 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 4 stems: Qal (Pa'al), Niph'al, Po'al, Hitpolel

Translated in the KJV as catch, chew, × continuing, destroy, saw.

a primitive root; to drag off roughly; by implication, to bring up the cud (i.e. ruminate); by analogy, to saw.

gârar in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 2×

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

Imperfect (yiqtol) 2

יְגוֹרֵ֑ם Prov 21:7 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. (KJV)

יְגֹרֵ֣הוּ Hab 1:15 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. (KJV)

Niph'al 1×

Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them

Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

יִגָּ֑ר Lev 11:7 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. (KJV)

Po'al 1×

Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them

Participle (passive) 1

מְגֹרָר֥וֹת 1Kgs 7:9 Participle (passive), feminine plural

All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court. (KJV)

Hitpolel 1×

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Participle (active) 1

מִתְגּוֹרֵ֑ר Jer 30:23 Participle (active), masculine singular

Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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