נָהַר nâhar — to sparkle, i.e. (figuratively) be cheerful
Translated in the KJV as flow, be lightened.
a primitive root; to sparkle, i.e. (figuratively) be cheerful; hence (from the sheen of a running stream) to flow, i.e. (figuratively) assemble.
nâhar in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 4Perfect (qatal) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
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 ›