נָצַץ nâtsats — to glare, i.e. be bright-colored
Translated in the KJV as sparkle.
a primitive root; to glare, i.e. be bright-colored.
nâtsats in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
וְנֹ֣צְצִ֔ים Ezek 1:7 Participle (active), masculine plural
And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
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 ›