אָנַס ʼânaç — to insist
Translated in the KJV as compel.
to insist.
ʼânaç in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
אֹנֵ֑ס Esth 1:8 Participle (active), masculine singular
And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.
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 ›