יָרַט yâraṭ — to precipitate or hurl (rush) headlong

pronounced yaw-rat' · Strong's H3399 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as be perverse, turn over.

a primitive root; to precipitate or hurl (rush) headlong; (intransitively) to be rash.

yâraṭ in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 2×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

יָרַ֥ט Num 22:32 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me: (KJV)

יִרְטֵֽנִי Job 16:11 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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