שָׁסָה shâçâh — (Isaiah 10:13), a primitive root
Translated in the KJV as destroyer, rob, spoil.
or שָׁשָׂה; (Isaiah 10:13), a primitive root; to plunder.
shâçâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 7Perfect (qatal) 1Participle (passive) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
Po'el
Perfect (qatal) 1
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
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 ›