That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. (KJV)
Hitpa'el 1×
Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
וְהִֽתְעַוְּת֖וּEccl 12:3Sequential perfect (weqatal), 3rd person common plural
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, (KJV)
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 ›
In the app, tap any Hebrew verb while reading: its root, stem and form are named, the letters of the word itself are coloured to show which is which, and the stem's meaning is put in plain English. ʻâvath in the lexicon ›
Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.
