רָזָה râzâh — to emaciate, i.e. make (become) thin (literally or figuratively)
Translated in the KJV as famish, wax lean.
a primitive root; to emaciate, i.e. make (become) thin (literally or figuratively).
râzâh in each stem
Niph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 1
The Lord will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
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 ›