מָלַץ mâlats — to be smooth, i.e. (figuratively) pleasant
Translated in the KJV as be sweet.
a primitive root; to be smooth, i.e. (figuratively) pleasant.
mâlats in each stem
Niph'al
Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them
Perfect (qatal) 1
נִּמְלְצ֣וּ Ps 119:103 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
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 ›