שָׂעַר sâʻar — to storm
Translated in the KJV as be afraid, fear, hurl as a storm, be tempestuous, come like a whirlwind.
a primitive root; to storm; by implication, to shiver, i.e. fear.
sâʻar in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Imperative 1
They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.
Pi'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
Niph'al
Perfect (qatal) 1
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Hitpa'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
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 ›