צָרַב tsârab — to burn
Translated in the KJV as burn.
a primitive root; to burn.
tsârab in each stem
Niph'al
Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
וְנִצְרְבוּ Ezek 21:3 Sequential perfect (weqatal), 3rd person common plural
And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
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 ›