קָמַט qâmaṭ — to pluck, i.e. destroy
Translated in the KJV as cut down, fill with wrinkles.
a primitive root; to pluck, i.e. destroy.
qâmaṭ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Wayyiqtol 1
וַֽ֭תִּקְמְטֵנִי Job 16:8 Wayyiqtol, 2nd person masculine singular
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
Pu'al
Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them
Perfect (qatal) 1
קֻמְּט֥וּ Job 22:16 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
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 ›