שָׂרָה sârâh — to prevail
Translated in the KJV as have power.
a primitive root; to prevail.
sârâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 2
And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth–el, and there he spake with us;
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 ›
Open in Hebrew Explorer with Verb Anatomy on →
Open Hebrew Explorer — 30+ free study tools →
This week’s Torah portion, a Hebrew word from it, an archaeology discovery, and what’s new — in time for Shabbat. Free, and one click to stop.