שָׁחַד shâchad — to donate, i.e. bribe
Translated in the KJV as hire, give a reward.
a primitive root; to donate, i.e. bribe.
shâchad in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Imperative 1Wayyiqtol 1
שִׁחֲד֥וּ Job 6:22 Imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
וַתִּשְׁחֳדִ֣י Ezek 16:33 Wayyiqtol, 2nd person feminine singular
They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.
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 ›