שָׂטַם sâṭam — properly, to lurk for, i.e. persecute
Translated in the KJV as hate, oppose self against.
a primitive root; properly, to lurk for, i.e. persecute.
sâṭam in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Wayyiqtol 3Imperfect (yiqtol) 3
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
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 ›