סַאסְּאָה çaʼçᵉʼâh — measurement, i.e. moderation

pronounced sah-seh-aw' · Strong's H5432 · 1 occurrence in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Pilpel

Translated in the KJV as measure.

for H5429; measurement, i.e. moderation.

çaʼçᵉʼâh in each stem

Pilpel 1×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Infinitive construct 1

בְּסַּאסְּאָ֖ה Isa 27:8 Infinitive construct

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. (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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