רָשַׁשׁ râshash — to demolish

pronounced raw-shash' · Strong's H7567 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Po'el, Pu'al

Translated in the KJV as impoverish.

a primitive root; to demolish.

râshash in each stem

Po'el 1×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

יְרֹשֵׁ֞שׁ Jer 5:17 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. (KJV)

Pu'al 1×

Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them

Perfect (qatal) 1

רֻשַּׁ֗שְׁנוּ Mal 1:4 Perfect (qatal), 1st person common plural

Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation for ever. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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