קָמַל qâmal — to wither

pronounced kaw-mal' · Strong's H7060 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as hew down, wither.

a primitive root; to wither.

qâmal in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 2×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 2

קָמֵֽלוּ Isa 19:6 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. (KJV)

קָמַ֑ל Isa 33:9 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. (KJV)

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 ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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