כָּפָה kâphâh — properly, to bend, i.e. (figuratively) to tame or subdue
Translated in the KJV as pacify.
a primitive root; properly, to bend, i.e. (figuratively) to tame or subdue.
kâphâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
יִכְפֶּה Prov 21:14 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
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 ›