רֹעָה rôʻâh — breakage
Translated in the KJV as broken, utterly.
for H7455; breakage.
rôʻâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
רֹ֭עָה Prov 25:19 Participle (active), feminine singular
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
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 ›