חֲסַן chăçan — to hold in occupancy
Translated in the KJV as possess.
(Aramaic) corresponding to H2630; to hold in occupancy.
chăçan in each stem
Aph'el
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
וְיַחְסְנ֤וּן Dan 7:18 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural
But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
Haph'el
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
הֶחֱסִ֥נוּ Dan 7:22 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine plural
Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
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 ›