נָחַת nâchath — to sink, i.e. descend
Translated in the KJV as be broken, come down, enter, go down, press sore, settle, stick fast.
a primitive root; to sink, i.e. descend; causatively, to press or lead down.
nâchath in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Wayyiqtol 1
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Pi'el
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2Infinitive absolute 1
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
Niph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Perfect (qatal) 1
The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
Hiph'il
Imperative 1
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 ›