רָצַע râtsaʻ — to pierce
Translated in the KJV as bore.
a primitive root; to pierce.
râtsaʻ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
וְרָצַ֨ע Exod 21:6 Sequential perfect (weqatal), 3rd person masculine singular
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
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 ›