בָּשַׁל bâshal — properly, to boil up
Translated in the KJV as bake, boil, bring forth, roast, seethe, sod.
a primitive root; properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen.
bâshal in each stem
Pi'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 6Sequential perfect (weqatal) 4Imperative 3Wayyiqtol 3Perfect (qatal) 3Infinitive construct 1Participle (active) 1
And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.
Pu'al
Participle (passive) 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Perfect (qatal) 1
Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the Lord.
Also before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 2
Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.
Hiph'il
Perfect (qatal) 1
And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
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 ›
