שְׁבַק shᵉbaq — to quit, i.e. allow to remain
Translated in the KJV as leave, let alone.
(Aramaic) corresponding to the root of H7733; to quit, i.e. allow to remain.
shᵉbaq in each stem
Pe'al
Imperative 3Infinitive construct 1
Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.
The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
Hithpe'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
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 ›