מָחָא mâchâʼ — to rub or strike the hands together (in exultation)
Translated in the KJV as clap.
a primitive root; to rub or strike the hands together (in exultation).
mâchâʼ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Infinitive construct 1
Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
For thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;
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 ›