פָּנַק pânaq — to enervate
Translated in the KJV as bring up.
a primitive root; to enervate.
pânaq in each stem
Pi'el
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
מְפַנֵּ֣ק Prov 29:21 Participle (active), masculine singular
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
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 ›