סְבַר çᵉbar — (Aramaic) a primitive root
Translated in the KJV as think.
(Aramaic) a primitive root; to bear in mind, i.e. hope.
çᵉbar in each stem
Pe'al
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
וְיִסְבַּ֗ר Dan 7:25 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
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 ›
