נָתַר nâthar — to jump, i.e. be violently agitated
Translated in the KJV as drive asunder, leap, loose, × make, move, undo.
a primitive root; to jump, i.e. be violently agitated; causatively, to terrify, shake off, untie.
nâthar in each stem
Hiph'il
Wayyiqtol 3Jussive 1Participle (active) 1Infinitive absolute 1
God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
Pi'el
Infinitive construct 1
Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
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 ›