רָעַע râʻaʻ — properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces)
Translated in the KJV as afflict, associate selves, break (down, in pieces), displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly, do harm.
a primitive root; properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally).
râʻaʻ in each stem
Hiph'il
Participle (active) 18Perfect (qatal) 16Imperfect (yiqtol) 12Infinitive construct 11Wayyiqtol 4Jussive 3Infinitive absolute 3Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
Qal (Pa'al)
Wayyiqtol 12Imperfect (yiqtol) 7Perfect (qatal) 3Sequential perfect (weqatal) 3Jussive 2Imperative 1Infinitive absolute 1
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
And the thing which he did displeased the Lord: wherefore he slew him also.
Niph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Hitpolel
Infinitive construct 1Perfect (qatal) 1
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
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 ›