פָּעַר pâʻar — to yawn, i.e. open wide (literally or figuratively)
Translated in the KJV as gape, open.
a primitive root; to yawn, i.e. open wide (literally or figuratively).
pâʻar in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 4
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
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 ›