עָפַל ʻâphal — to swell
Translated in the KJV as be lifted up, presume.
a primitive root; to swell; figuratively, be elated.
ʻâphal in each stem
Hiph'il
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Wayyiqtol 1
וַיַּעְפִּ֕לוּ Num 14:44 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine plural
But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
Pu'al
Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them
Perfect (qatal) 1
עֻפְּלָ֔ה Hab 2:4 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person feminine singular
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
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 ›