אָלַף ʼâlaph — hence, to learn (and causatively to teach)
Translated in the KJV as learn, teach, utter.
a primitive root, to associate with; hence, to learn (and causatively to teach).
ʼâlaph in each stem
Pi'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Participle (active) 1
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
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 ›
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