שָׁאַס shâʼaç — to plunder
Translated in the KJV as spoil.
a primitive root; to plunder.
shâʼaç in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
שֹׁאסַ֨יִךְ֙ Jer 30:16 Participle (active), masculine plural
Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
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 ›