חֲשַׁב chăshab — to regard
Translated in the KJV as repute.
(Aramaic) corresponding to H2803; to regard.
chăshab in each stem
Pe'il
Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them
Participle (passive) 1
חֲשִׁיבִ֔ין Dan 4:32 Participle (passive), masculine plural
And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
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 ›
