נָבֵל nâbêl — to wilt
Translated in the KJV as disgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade (away, -ing), fall (down, -ling, off), do foolishly, come to nought, × surely, make vile.
a primitive root; to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace.
nâbêl in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 8Perfect (qatal) 6Participle (active) 4Infinitive absolute 1Infinitive construct 1Wayyiqtol 1
Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
Pi'el
Wayyiqtol 1Jussive 1Participle (active) 1Perfect (qatal) 1
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
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 ›