כָּאָה kâʼâh — to despond
Translated in the KJV as broken, be grieved, make sad.
a primitive root; to despond; causatively, to deject.
kâʼâh in each stem
Niph'al
Participle (active) 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
Hiph'il
Infinitive construct 1
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
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 ›