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בְּאֵשׁ bᵉʼêsh — (Aramaic) corresponding to H887

pronounced be-aysh' · Strong's H888 · 1 occurrence in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Pe'al

Translated in the KJV as displease.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H887.

bᵉʼêsh in each stem

Pe'al

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Participle (active) 1

בְּאֵ֣שׁ Dan 6:15 Participle (active), masculine singular

Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. (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 ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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