פָּצַע pâtsaʻ — to split, i.e. wound
Translated in the KJV as wound.
a primitive root; to split, i.e. wound.
pâtsaʻ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (passive) 1Infinitive absolute 1Perfect (qatal) 1
A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.
Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
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 ›