זָלַל zâlal — to shake (as in the wind), i.e. to quake
Translated in the KJV as blow down, glutton, riotous, vile.
a primitive root (compare H2107); to shake (as in the wind), i.e. to quake; figuratively, to be loose morally, worthless or prodigal.
zâlal in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 6
And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Niph'al
Perfect (qatal) 2
We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
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 ›