עָנַק ʻânaq — properly, to choke
Translated in the KJV as compass about as a chain, furnish, liberally.
a primitive root; properly, to choke; used only as denominative from H6060,; to collar, i.e. adorn with a necklace; figuratively, to fit out with supplies.
ʻânaq in each stem
Hiph'il
Infinitive absolute 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the Lord thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 1
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
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 ›