נָקַט nâqaṭ — to loathe
Translated in the KJV as weary.
a primitive root; to loathe.
nâqaṭ in each stem
Niph'al
Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them
Perfect (qatal) 1
נָֽקְטָ֥ה Job 10:1 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person feminine singular
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
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 ›