נָשַׁק nâshaq — to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch)
Translated in the KJV as armed, rule, kiss, that touched.
a primitive root (identical with H5400, through the idea of fastening up; compare H2388, H2836); to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons.
nâshaq in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Wayyiqtol 14Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Perfect (qatal) 3Participle (active) 3Imperative 1Infinitive construct 1Cohortative 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed:
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
Pi'el
Wayyiqtol 3Infinitive construct 1Imperative 1
And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
Hiph'il
Participle (active) 1
I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing.
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 ›