צָעַק tsâʻaq — to shriek
Translated in the KJV as × at all, call together, cry, gather.
a primitive root; to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly).
tsâʻaq in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Wayyiqtol 18Imperfect (yiqtol) 10Perfect (qatal) 10Participle (active) 3Imperative 3Infinitive absolute 1Infinitive construct 1Cohortative 1
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
Niph'al
Wayyiqtol 6
And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.
And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth–barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth–barah and Jordan.
Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.
Hiph'il
Wayyiqtol 1
And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord to Mizpeh;
Pi'el
Participle (active) 1
And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
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 ›