הָתַל hâthal — to deride
Translated in the KJV as deal deceitfully, deceive, mock.
a primitive root; to deride; by implication, to cheat.
hâthal in each stem
Hiph'il
Perfect (qatal) 4Infinitive construct 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
Pi'el
Wayyiqtol 1
And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Hoph'al
Perfect (qatal) 1
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
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 ›