צָרַח tsârach — to be clear (in tone, i.e. shrill), i.e. to whoop
Translated in the KJV as cry, roar.
a primitive root; to be clear (in tone, i.e. shrill), i.e. to whoop.
tsârach in each stem
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 1
The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
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 ›