גָּזָה gâzâh — to cut off, i.e. portion out
Translated in the KJV as take.
a primitive root (akin to H1468); to cut off, i.e. portion out.
gâzâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
גוֹזִ֑י Ps 71:6 Participle (active), masculine singular
By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
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 ›