דָּחַף dâchaph — to urge, i.e. hasten
Translated in the KJV as haste, pressed on.
a primitive root; to urge, i.e. hasten.
dâchaph in each stem
Niph'al
Perfect (qatal) 2
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the Lord had smitten him.
And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (passive) 2
The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
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 ›