הָרַג hârag — to smite with deadly intent

pronounced haw-rag' · Strong's H2026 · 167 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 4 stems: Qal (Pa'al), Niph'al, Qal passive, Pu'al

Translated in the KJV as destroy, out of hand, kill, murder, put to, make, slay, × surely.

a primitive root; to smite with deadly intent.

hârag in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 162×

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

Perfect (qatal) 49Wayyiqtol 31Imperfect (yiqtol) 21Infinitive construct 21Participle (active) 9Sequential perfect (weqatal) 9Participle (passive) 8Imperative 6Infinitive absolute 4Cohortative 2Jussive 2

וַיַּהַרְגֵֽהוּ Gen 4:8 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular

And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. (KJV)

יַֽהַרְגֵֽנִי Gen 4:14 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. (KJV)

הֹרֵ֣ג Gen 4:15 Participle (active), masculine singular

And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. (KJV)

Niph'al 3×

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

Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Infinitive construct 1

יֵהָרֵ֛ג Lam 2:20 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? (KJV)

תֵּהָרַ֑גְנָה Ezek 26:6 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine plural

And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the Lord. (KJV)

בֵּהָ֤רֵֽג Ezek 26:15 Infinitive construct

Thus saith the Lord God to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee? (KJV)

Qal passive 1×

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

Perfect (qatal) 1

הֹרַ֣גְנוּ Ps 44:23 Perfect (qatal), 1st person common plural

Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. (KJV)

Pu'al 1×

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

Perfect (qatal) 1

הֹרָֽג Isa 27:7 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? (KJV)

What the stems mean

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