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קָרַן qâran — to push or gore

pronounced kaw-ran' · Strong's H7160 · 4 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Qal (Pa'al), Hiph'il

Translated in the KJV as have horns, shine.

a primitive root; to push or gore; used only as denominative from H7161,; to shoot out horns; figuratively, rays.

qâran in each stem

Qal (Pa'al)

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 3

קָרַ֛ן Exod 34:29 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. (KJV)

קָרַ֖ן Exod 34:30 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. (KJV)

קָרַ֔ן Exod 34:35 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him. (KJV)

Hiph'il

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Participle (active) 1

מַקְרִ֥ן Ps 69:32 Participle (active), masculine singular

The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. (KJV)

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 ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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