He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. (KJV)
Qal (Pa'al) 1×
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Jussive 1
יָלֻ֣זוּProv 3:21Jussive, 3rd person masculine plural
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: (KJV)
Hiph'il 1×
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Jussive 1
יַלִּ֥יזוּProv 4:21Jussive, 3rd person masculine plural
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. (KJV)
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 ›
In the app, tap any Hebrew verb while reading: its root, stem and form are named, the letters of the word itself are coloured to show which is which, and the stem's meaning is put in plain English. lûwz in the lexicon ›
Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.
