שׂוּר sûwr — properly, to vanquish
Translated in the KJV as make princes, have power, reign. See H5493.
a primitive root; properly, to vanquish; by implication, to rule (causatively, crown).
sûwr in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Wayyiqtol 2
וַיָּ֧שַׂר Judg 9:22 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular
When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,
וָיָּ֤שַׂר Hos 12:5 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular
Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial.
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 ›