יָעַז yâʻaz — to be bold or obstinate
Translated in the KJV as fierce.
a primitive root; to be bold or obstinate.
yâʻaz in each stem
Niph'al
Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them
Participle (active) 1
נוֹעָ֖ז Isa 33:19 Participle (active), masculine singular
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
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 ›