מְגַר mᵉgar — to overthrow

pronounced meg-ar' · Strong's H4049 · 1 occurrence in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Pa'el

Translated in the KJV as destroy.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H4048; to overthrow.

mᵉgar in each stem

Pa'el 1×

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

Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

יְמַגַּ֞ר Ezra 6:12 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed. (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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