זָעַךְ zâʻak — to extinguish
Translated in the KJV as be extinct.
a primitive root; to extinguish.
zâʻak in each stem
Niph'al
Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them
Perfect (qatal) 1
נִזְעָ֗כוּ Job 17:1 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
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 ›