פָּרַט pâraṭ — to scatter words, i.e. prate (or hum)
Translated in the KJV as chant.
a primitive root; to scatter words, i.e. prate (or hum).
pâraṭ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
הַפֹּרְטִ֖ים Amos 6:5 Participle (active), masculine plural
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
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 ›