נָשַׂג nâsag — to reach (literally or figuratively)
Translated in the KJV as ability, be able, attain, (be able to, can) get, lay at, put, reach, remove, wax rich, × surely, take (hold of.
a primitive root; to reach (literally or figuratively).
nâsag in each stem
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 25Sequential perfect (weqatal) 8Wayyiqtol 6Perfect (qatal) 5Participle (active) 4Infinitive absolute 1Jussive 1
Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
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 ›