נָסַס nâçaç — to wane, i.e. be sick
Translated in the KJV as faint.
a primitive root; to wane, i.e. be sick.
nâçaç in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
נֹסֵֽס Isa 10:18 Participle (active), masculine singular
And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.
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 ›