אֲמַן ʼăman — (Aramaic) corresponding to H539
Translated in the KJV as believe, faithful, sure.
(Aramaic) corresponding to H539.
ʼăman in each stem
Haph'el
Participle (passive) 2Perfect (qatal) 1
Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
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 ›