מָגַר mâgar — to yield up

pronounced maw-gar' · Strong's H4048 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Pi'el, Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as cast down, terror.

a primitive root; to yield up; intensively, to precipitate.

mâgar in each stem

Pi'el 1×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 1

מִגַּֽרְתָּה Ps 89:45 Perfect (qatal), 2nd person masculine singular

The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. (KJV)

Qal (Pa'al) 1×

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

Participle (passive) 1

מְגוּרֵ֤י Ezek 21:17 Participle (passive), masculine plural

I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the Lord have said it. (KJV)

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 ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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