גָּזַל gâzal — to pluck off
Translated in the KJV as catch, consume, exercise, pluck, rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.
a primitive root; to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob.
gâzal in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 10Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Participle (passive) 5Wayyiqtol 3Participle (active) 3Jussive 1Infinitive construct 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
Niph'al
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
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 ›