נְזַק nᵉzaq — to suffer (causatively, inflict) loss
Translated in the KJV as have damage, hurt.
(Aramaic) corresponding to the root of H5143; to suffer (causatively, inflict) loss.
nᵉzaq in each stem
Haph'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Participle (active) 1
Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
Pe'al
Participle (active) 1
Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
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 ›