דָּחָה dâchâh — (Jeremiah 23:12), a primitive root
Translated in the KJV as chase, drive away, overthrow, outcast, × sore, thrust, totter.
or דָּחַח; (Jeremiah 23:12), a primitive root; to push down.
dâchâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 1Participle (passive) 1Infinitive absolute 1Perfect (qatal) 1Infinitive construct 1
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.
Niph'al
Participle (active) 3Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Pu'al
Perfect (qatal) 1
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 ›