נָאַר nâʼar — to reject
Translated in the KJV as abhor, make void.
a primitive root; to reject.
nâʼar in each stem
Pi'el
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 2
נֵ֭אַרְתָּה Ps 89:40 Perfect (qatal), 2nd person masculine singular
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
נִאֵ֣ר Lam 2:7 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular
The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.
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 ›