רָהַב râhab — to urge severely, i.e. (figuratively) importune, embolden, capture, act insolently
Translated in the KJV as overcome, behave self proudly, make sure, strengthen.
a primitive root; to urge severely, i.e. (figuratively) importune, embolden, capture, act insolently.
râhab in each stem
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Perfect (qatal) 1
In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperative 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
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 ›