נָהַק nâhaq — to bray (as an ass), scream (from hunger)
Translated in the KJV as bray.
a primitive root; to bray (as an ass), scream (from hunger).
nâhaq in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
הֲיִֽנְהַק Job 6:5 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
יִנְהָ֑קוּ Job 30:7 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural
Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
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 ›