נָסַק nâçaq — to go up
Translated in the KJV as ascend.
a primitive root; to go up.
nâçaq in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
אֶסַּ֣ק Ps 139:8 Imperfect (yiqtol), 1st person common singular
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
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 ›