קָרַס qâraç — properly, to protrude

pronounced kaw-ras' · Strong's H7164 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as stoop.

a primitive root; properly, to protrude; used only as denominative from H7165 (for alliteration with H7167),; to hunch, i.e. be hump-backed.

qâraç in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 2×

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

Participle (active) 1Perfect (qatal) 1

קֹרֵ֣ס Isa 46:1 Participle (active), masculine singular

Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. (KJV)

קָרְס֤וּ Isa 46:2 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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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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