מָרָא mârâʼ — to rebel
Translated in the KJV as be filthy, lift up self.
a primitive root; to rebel; hence (through the idea of maltreating) to whip, i.e. lash (self with wings, as the ostrich in running).
mârâʼ in each stem
Hiph'il
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
תַּמְרִ֑יא Job 39:18 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine singular
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
מֹרְאָ֖ה Zeph 3:1 Participle (active), feminine singular
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
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 ›