נִרְגָּן nirgân — a slanderer
Translated in the KJV as talebearer, whisperer.
from an unused root meaning to roll to pieces; a slanderer.
nirgân in each stem
Niph'al
Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them
Participle (active) 4
וְ֝נִרְגָּ֗ן Prov 16:28 Participle (active), masculine singular
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
נִ֭רְגָּן Prov 18:8 Participle (active), masculine singular
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
נִ֝רְגָּ֗ן Prov 26:20 Participle (active), masculine singular
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
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 ›