מוּשׁ mûwsh — to touch
Translated in the KJV as feel, handle.
a primitive root; to touch.
mûwsh in each stem
Hiph'il
Imperative 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
Qal (Pa'al)
Cohortative 1
And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
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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