קוֹשׁ qôwsh — to bend
Translated in the KJV as lay a snare.
a primitive root; to bend; used only as denominative for H3369,; to set a trap.
qôwsh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
יְקֹשׁ֑וּן Isa 29:21 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural
That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
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 ›