זוּד zûwd — to seethe
Translated in the KJV as be proud, deal proudly, presume, presumptuously, sod.
or (by permutation) זִיד; a primitive root; to seethe; figuratively, to be insolent.
zûwd in each stem
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Perfect (qatal) 3Wayyiqtol 2
And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and went presumptuously up into the hill.
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 2
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.
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 ›
