קָטַר qâṭar — to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)
Translated in the KJV as burn (incense, sacrifice), incense, kindle, offer (incense, a sacrifice).
a primitive root (identical with through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants); to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship).
qâṭar in each stem
Hiph'il
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 24Infinitive construct 12Wayyiqtol 10Imperfect (yiqtol) 9Participle (active) 8Perfect (qatal) 4Jussive 1Infinitive absolute 1Imperative 1
And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.
And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the Lord: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the Lord: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
Pi'el
Participle (active) 11Wayyiqtol 9Infinitive construct 9Perfect (qatal) 6Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Infinitive absolute 3
And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the Lord, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of the Lord,
Hoph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Participle (passive) 1
And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the Lord.
For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Pu'al
Participle (passive) 1
Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
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 ›