פָּעַם pâʻam — to tap, i.e. beat regularly
Translated in the KJV as move, trouble.
a primitive root; to tap, i.e. beat regularly; hence (generally) to impel or agitate.
pâʻam in each stem
Niph'al
Wayyiqtol 2Perfect (qatal) 1
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
Qal (Pa'al)
Infinitive construct 1
And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Hitpa'el
Wayyiqtol 1
And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
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 ›