קָבַע qâbaʻ — to cover, i.e. (figuratively) defraud
Translated in the KJV as rob, spoil.
a primitive root; to cover, i.e. (figuratively) defraud.
qâbaʻ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 3Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Perfect (qatal) 1
For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
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 ›