חָסַן châçan — properly, to (be) compact
Translated in the KJV as lay up.
a primitive root; properly, to (be) compact; by implication, to hoard.
châçan in each stem
Niph'al
Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
יֵֽחָסֵ֑ן Isa 23:18 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular
And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
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 ›