מָצַץ mâtsats — to suck
Translated in the KJV as milk.
a primitive root; to suck.
mâtsats in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
תָּמֹ֛צּוּ Isa 66:11 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine plural
That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
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 ›