100 Most Common Biblical Hebrew Verbs

Front 1

אָבַד

Back 1

ä·vad'

perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed

Front 2

אָהַב

Back 2

ä·hav'

to love

Front 3

אָיַב

Back 3

ä·yav'

to be hostile to, to be an enemy to

Front 4

אָכַל

Back 4

ä·kal'

to eat, devour, burn up, feed

Front 5

אָמַר

Back 5

ä·mar'

to say, speak, utter

Front 6

אָסַף

Back 6

ä·saf'

to gather, receive, remove, gather in

Front 7

בּוֹא

Back 7

bō

to go in, enter, come, go, come in

Front 8

בָּחַר

Back 8

bä·khar'

to choose, elect, decide for

Front 9

בִּין

Back 9

bene

to discern, understand, consider

Front 10

בָּנָה

Back 10

bä·nä'

to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue

Front 11

בָּקַשׁ

Back 11

bä·kash'

to seek, require, desire, exact, request

Front 12

גָּלָה

Back 12

gä·lä'

to uncover, remove

Front 13

דָּבַר

Back 13

dä·var'

to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing

Front 14

דָּרַשׁ

Back 14

dä·rash'

to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require

Front 15

הָלַךְ

Back 15

hä·lak'

to go, walk, come

Front 16

הָלַל

Back 16

hä·lal'

to shine

Front 17

הָרַג

Back 17

hä·rag'

to kill, slay, murder, destroy, murderer, slayer, out of hand

Front 18

זָבַח

Back 18

zä·vakh

to slaughter, kill, sacrifice, slaughter for sacrifice

Front 19

זָכַר

Back 19

zä·kar'

to remember, recall, call to mind

Front 20

חָזַק

Back 20

khä·zak'

to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore

Front 21

חָטָא

Back 21

khä·tä'

to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness

Front 22

חָיָה

Back 22

khä·yä'

to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health

Front 23

חָלַל

Back 23

khä·lal'

to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin

Front 24

חָנָה

Back 24

khä·nä'

to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against

Front 25

חָשַׁב

Back 25

khä·shav'

to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count

Front 26

טָמֵא

Back 26

tä·mā'

to be unclean, become unclean, become impure

Front 27

יָדַע

Back 27

yä·dah'

to know

Front 28

יָלַד

Back 28

yä·lad'

to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail

Front 29

יָלַךְ

Back 29

yä·lak'

to go, walk, come

Front 30

יָצָא

Back 30

yä·tsä'

to go out, come out, exit, go forth

Front 31

יָרֵא

Back 31

yä·rā'

to fear, revere, be afraid

Front 32

יָרַד

Back 32

yä·rad'

to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down

Front 33

יָרַשׁ

Back 33

yä·rash'

to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir

Front 34

יָשַׁב

Back 34

yä·shav'

to dwell, remain, sit, abide

Front 35

יָשַׁע

Back 35

yä·shah'

to save, be saved, be delivered

Front 36

כּוּן

Back 36

kün

to be firm, be stable, be established

Front 37

כָּלָה

Back 37

kä·lä'

to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent

Front 38

כָּסָה

Back 38

kä·sä'

to cover, conceal, hide

Front 39

כָּרַת

Back 39

kä·rath'

to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant

Front 40

כָּתַב

Back 40

kä·thav'

to write, record, enrol

Front 41

לָחַם

Back 41

lä·kham'

to fight, do battle, make war

Front 42

לָקַח

Back 42

lä·kakh'

to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away

Front 43

מוּת

Back 43

müth

to die, kill, have one executed

Front 44

מָלָא

Back 44

mä·lā'

to fill, be full

Front 45

מָלַךְ

Back 45

mä·lak'

to be or become king or queen, reign

Front 46

מָצָא

Back 46

mä·tsä'

to find, attain to

Front 47

נָגַד

Back 47

nä·gad'

to be conspicuous, tell, make known

Front 48

נָגַע

Back 48

nä·gah'

to touch, reach, strike

Front 49

נוּס

Back 49

nüs

to flee, escape

Front 50

נָטָה

Back 50

nä·tä'

to stretch out, extend, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow

Front 51

נָכָה

Back 51

nä·kä'

to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill

Front 52

נָסַע

Back 52

nä·sah'

to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart

Front 53

נָפַל

Back 53

nä·fal'

to fall, lie, be cast down, fail

Front 54

נָצַל

Back 54

nä·tsal'

to snatch away, deliver, rescue, save, strip, plunder

Front 55

נָשָׂא

Back 55

nä·sä'

to lift, bear up, carry, take

Front 56

נָתַן

Back 56

nä·than'

to give, put, set

Front 57

סָבַב

Back 57

sä·vav'

to turn, turn about or around or aside or back or towards, go about or around, surround, encircle, change direction

Front 58

שָׂמַח

Back 58

sä·makh'

to rejoice, be glad

Front 59

סָפַר

Back 59

sä·far'

to count, recount, relate

Front 60

עָזַב

Back 60

ä·zav'

to leave, loose, forsake

Front 61

עָלָה

Back 61

ä·lä'

to go up, ascend, climb

Front 62

עָמַד

Back 62

ä·mad'

to stand, remain, endure, take one's stand

Front 63

עָנָה

Back 63

ä·nä'

to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout

Front 64

עָשָׂה

Back 64

ä·sä'

to do, fashion, accomplish, make

Front 65

פָּנָה

Back 65

pä·nä'

to turn

Front 66

פָּקַד

Back 66

pä·kad'

to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for

Front 67

פָּתַח

Back 67

pä·thakh'

to open

Front 68

צָוָה

Back 68

tsä·vä'

to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order

Front 69

קָבַץ

Back 69

kä·vats'

to gather, assemble

Front 70

קָבַר

Back 70

kä·var'

to bury

Front 71

קָדַשׁ

Back 71

kä·dash'

to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate

Front 72

קוּם

Back 72

küm

to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up

Front 73

קָרָא

Back 73

kä·rä'

to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim

Front 74

קָרַב

Back 74

kä·rav'

to come near, approach, enter into, draw near

Front 75

קָרָא

Back 75

kä·rä'

to encounter, befall, meet

Front 76

רָאָה

Back 76

rä·ä'

to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider

Front 77

רָבָה

Back 77

rä·vä'

be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous

Front 78

רָדַף

Back 78

rä·daf'

to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after

Front 79

רוּם

Back 79

rüm

to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted

Front 80

רָעָה

Back 80

rä·ä'

to pasture, tend, graze, feed

Front 81

שָׁאַל

Back 81

shä·al'

to ask, enquire, borrow, beg

Front 82

שָׁאַר

Back 82

shä·ar'

to remain, be left over, be left behind

Front 83

שָׁבַע

Back 83

shä·vah'

to swear, adjure

Front 84

שָׁבַר

Back 84

shä·var'

to break, break in pieces

Front 85

שׁוּב

Back 85

shüv

to return, turn back

Front 86

שָׁחָה

Back 86

shä·khä'

to bow down

Front 87

שָׁחַת

Back 87

shä·khath'

to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay

Front 88

שָׁכַב

Back 88

shä·kav'

to lie down

Front 89

שָׁכַן

Back 89

shä·kan'

to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside

Front 90

שָׁלַח

Back 90

shä·lakh'

to send, send away, let go, stretch out

Front 91

שָׁלַךְ

Back 91

shä·lak'

to throw, cast, hurl, fling

Front 92

שָׁמַע

Back 92

shä·mah'

to hear, listen to, obey

Front 93

שָׁמַר

Back 93

shä·mar'

to keep, guard, observe, give heed

Front 94

שָׁפַט

Back 94

shä·fat'

to judge, govern, vindicate, punish

Front 95

שָׁתָה

Back 95

shä·thä'

to drink

Front 96

סוּר

Back 96

sür

to turn aside, depart

Front 97

שׂוּם

Back 97

süm

to put, place, set, appoint, make

Front 98

שָׂנֵא

Back 98

sä·nā'

to hate, be hateful

Front 99

עָבַד

Back 99

ä·vad'

to work, serve

Front 100

עָבַר

Back 100

ä·var'

to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress