שָׁחַת shâchath — to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Translated in the KJV as batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, × utterly.
a primitive root; to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively).
shâchath in each stem
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 22Participle (active) 21Infinitive construct 21Wayyiqtol 11Perfect (qatal) 7Sequential perfect (weqatal) 5Jussive 4Imperative 2Cohortative 2Infinitive absolute 1
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
Pi'el
Infinitive construct 18Perfect (qatal) 16Sequential perfect (weqatal) 4Imperative 1
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Niph'al
Perfect (qatal) 3Wayyiqtol 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Participle (passive) 1
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Hoph'al
Participle (passive) 2
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
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 ›