רָקַב râqab — to decay (as by worm-eating)
Translated in the KJV as rot.
a primitive root; to decay (as by worm-eating).
râqab in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
יִרְקָֽב Prov 10:7 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
יִרְקַ֖ב Isa 40:20 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular
He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
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 ›