גִּיחַ gîyach — to rush forth
Translated in the KJV as strive.
(Aramaic) or (shortened) גּוּחַ; (Aramaic), corresponding to H1518; to rush forth.
gîyach in each stem
Aph'el
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
מְגִיחָ֖ן Dan 7:2 Participle (active), feminine plural
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
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 ›
