חֲזָא chăzâʼ — to gaze upon
Translated in the KJV as behold, have, see, be wont.
(Aramaic) or חֲזָה; (Aramaic), corresponding to H2372; to gaze upon; mentally to dream, be usual (i.e. seem).
chăzâʼ in each stem
Pe'al
Participle (active) 16Perfect (qatal) 11Infinitive construct 1Participle (passive) 1
Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;
The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Haph'el
Participle (active) 1
Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
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 ›