פָּשַׁע pâshaʻ — to break away (from just authority), i.e. trespass, apostatize, quarrel
Translated in the KJV as offend, rebel, revolt, transgress(-ion, -or).
a primitive root (identical with through the idea of expansion); to break away (from just authority), i.e. trespass, apostatize, quarrel.
pâshaʻ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 16Participle (active) 11Wayyiqtol 6Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Infinitive construct 2Infinitive absolute 1Imperative 1
And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
Niph'al
Participle (active) 1
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
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 ›