שָׁבַר shâbar — to deal in grain
Translated in the KJV as buy, sell.
denominative from H7668; to deal in grain.
shâbar in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Infinitive construct 7Imperative 5Wayyiqtol 1Cohortative 1Participle (active) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
Hiph'il
Participle (active) 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Cohortative 1
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
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 ›