חָלַט châlaṭ — to snatch at
Translated in the KJV as catch.
a primitive root; to snatch at.
châlaṭ in each stem
Hiph'il
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Wayyiqtol 1
וַיַּחְלְט֣וּ 1Kgs 20:33 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine plural
Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben–hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben–hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
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 ›