יָעָה yâʻâh — to brush aside
Translated in the KJV as sweep away.
a primitive root; apparently; to brush aside.
yâʻâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
וְיָעָ֤ה Isa 28:17 Sequential perfect (weqatal), 3rd person masculine singular
Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
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 ›