חָתָה châthâh — to lay hold of
Translated in the KJV as heap, take.
a primitive root; to lay hold of; especially to pick up fire.
châthâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Participle (active) 1Infinitive construct 1
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.
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 ›