קְצַף qᵉtsaph — to become enraged
Translated in the KJV as be furious.
(Aramaic) corresponding to H7107; to become enraged.
qᵉtsaph in each stem
Pe'al
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
וּקְצַ֣ף Dan 2:12 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
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 ›