זוּל zûwl — figuratively, to treat lightly
Translated in the KJV as lavish, despise.
a primitive root (compare H2151); probably to shake out, i.e. (by implication) to scatter profusely; figuratively, to treat lightly.
zûwl in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 1
They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
Hiph'il
Perfect (qatal) 1
Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.
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 ›