פָּחַד pâchad — to be startled (by a sudden alarm)
Translated in the KJV as be afraid, stand in awe, fear, make to shake.
a primitive root; to be startled (by a sudden alarm); hence, to fear in general.
pâchad in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 8Perfect (qatal) 8Sequential perfect (weqatal) 5Jussive 1
And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
Pi'el
Participle (active) 1Wayyiqtol 1
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
Hiph'il
Perfect (qatal) 1
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
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 ›