שָׁקַר shâqar — to cheat, i.e. be untrue (usually in words)
Translated in the KJV as fail, deal falsely, lie.
a primitive root; to cheat, i.e. be untrue (usually in words).
shâqar in each stem
Pi'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 4Perfect (qatal) 1
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
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 ›