קָצַר qâtsar — to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
Translated in the KJV as × at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap, (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten.
a primitive root; to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain).
qâtsar in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 17Participle (active) 11Perfect (qatal) 6Infinitive construct 5Wayyiqtol 4Imperative 3Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Infinitive absolute 1Participle (passive) 1
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God.
Hiph'il
Perfect (qatal) 1
How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Pi'el
Perfect (qatal) 1
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
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 ›