נָתַע nâthaʻ — to tear out
Translated in the KJV as break.
for H5422; to tear out.
nâthaʻ in each stem
Niph'al
Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them
Perfect (qatal) 1
נִתָּֽעוּ Job 4:10 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
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 ›