מָהַל mâhal — properly, to cut down or reduce, i.e. by implication, to adulterate
Translated in the KJV as mixed.
a primitive root; properly, to cut down or reduce, i.e. by implication, to adulterate.
mâhal in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (passive) 1
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
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 ›
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