לוֹט lôwṭ — a veil
Translated in the KJV as covering.
from H3874; a veil.
lôwṭ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
הַלּ֥וֹט Isa 25:7 Participle (active), masculine singular
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
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 ›
