And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood, (KJV)
Hitpa'el 1×
Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
יִתְאַ֫דָּ֥םProv 23:31Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. (KJV)
Hiph'il 1×
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
יַאְדִּ֥ימוּIsa 1:18Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (KJV)
Qal (Pa'al) 1×
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
אָ֤דְמוּLam 4:7Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural
Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire: (KJV)
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 ›
In the app, tap any Hebrew verb while reading: its root, stem and form are named, the letters of the word itself are coloured to show which is which, and the stem's meaning is put in plain English. ʼâdam in the lexicon ›
Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.
