דָּלַק dâlaq — to flame (literally or figuratively)
Translated in the KJV as burning, chase, inflame, kindle, persecute, pursue hotly.
a primitive root; to flame (literally or figuratively).
dâlaq in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 2Participle (active) 2Infinitive construct 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Imperative 1
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
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 ›