שָׁעַר shâʻar — to act as gatekeeper
Translated in the KJV as think.
a primitive root; to split or open, i.e. (literally, but only as denominative from H8179); compare see H7778; to act as gatekeeper; (figuratively) to estimate.
shâʻar in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
שָׁעַ֥ר Prov 23:7 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
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 ›