דָּלַג dâlag — to spring
Translated in the KJV as leap.
a primitive root; to spring.
dâlag in each stem
Pi'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Participle (active) 1
For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 1
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.
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 ›
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