סָלַד çâlad — probably to leap (with joy), i.e. exult
Translated in the KJV as harden self.
a primitive root; probably to leap (with joy), i.e. exult.
çâlad in each stem
Pi'el
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Cohortative 1
וַאֲסַלְּדָ֣ה Job 6:10 Cohortative, 1st person common singular
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
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 ›