יָנָה yânâh — to rage or be violent
Translated in the KJV as destroy, oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence.
a primitive root; to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat.
yânâh in each stem
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 6Perfect (qatal) 4Jussive 2Participle (active) 1Infinitive construct 1
He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 4
He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
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 ›