בָּשַׂר

Grammatical Forms

In the Hebrew Old Testament, this word appears as a verb across 24 occurrences, inflected in 13 grammatical forms.

• Piel Participle Singular Masculine Absolute 7×
• Piel Infinitive Construct 3×
• Piel Imperative 2nd Plural Masculine 2×
• Piel Imperfect 2nd Singular Masculine 2×
• Piel Participle Singular Feminine Construct 2×
• Hithpael Imperfect 3rd Singular Masculine 1×
• Piel Consecutive Perfect 2nd Singular Masculine 1×
• Piel Imperfect 1st Singular common gender 1×
• Piel Imperfect 2nd Plural Masculine 1×
• Piel Imperfect 3rd Plural Masculine 1×
• Piel Participle Plural Feminine Absolute 1×
• Piel Perfect 1st Singular common gender 1×

+ 1 rarer form

Singular

One.

Plural

More than one.

Masculine

Masculine grammatical gender.

Feminine

Feminine grammatical gender.

common gender

Either gender — the form does not distinguish.

1st

First person — the speaker ("I"/"we").

2nd

Second person — the one addressed ("you").

3rd

Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").

Imperfect

Ongoing or repeated action in the past — "was doing".

Perfect

A completed act whose results continue.

Imperative

A command or entreaty.

Infinitive

The verb as a noun — "to do".

Participle

A verbal adjective — describes while carrying the verb's action.

Piel

The intensive stem — strengthened or emphatic action.

Hithpael

Reflexive-intensive — the subject acts upon itself.

Consecutive Perfect

Perfect with vav — continues a sequence into the future.

Absolute

The independent form of a noun (not bound to another).

Construct

Bound to a following noun — "the X of…".