הָתַת hâthath — properly, to break in upon, i.e. to assail
Translated in the KJV as imagine mischief.
a primitive root; properly, to break in upon, i.e. to assail.
hâthath in each stem
Polel
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
תְּהֽוֹתְת֣וּ Ps 62:4 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine plural
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
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 ›