כָּמַהּ kâmahh — to pine after
Translated in the KJV as long.
a primitive root; to pine after.
kâmahh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
כָּמַ֣הּ Ps 63:2 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
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 ›