מוּסַבָּה mûwçabbâh — a reversal, i.e. the backside (of a gem), fold (of a double-leaved door), transmutation (of a name)
Translated in the KJV as being changed, inclosed, be set, turning.
or מֻסַבָּה; feminine of H4141; a reversal, i.e. the backside (of a gem), fold (of a double-leaved door), transmutation (of a name).
mûwçabbâh in each stem
Hoph'al
Participle (passive) 4
With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
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 ›