פָּזַר pâzar — to scatter, whether in enmity or bounty
Translated in the KJV as disperse, scatter.
a primitive root; to scatter, whether in enmity or bounty.
pâzar in each stem
Pi'el
Perfect (qatal) 4Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Participle (active) 1Wayyiqtol 1
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Pu'al
Participle (passive) 1
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.
Niph'al
Perfect (qatal) 1
Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (passive) 1
Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
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 ›