פָּלָה pâlâh — to distinguish (literally or figuratively)
Translated in the KJV as put a difference, show marvellous, separate, set apart, sever, make wonderfully.
a primitive root; to distinguish (literally or figuratively).
pâlâh in each stem
Hiph'il
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Perfect (qatal) 1Imperative 1
And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
And the Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children’s of Israel.
But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
Niph'al
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Perfect (qatal) 1
For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
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 ›