סָעָה çâʻâh — to rush
Translated in the KJV as storm.
a primitive root; to rush.
çâʻâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
סֹעָ֣ה Ps 55:9 Participle (active), feminine singular
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
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 ›
