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קוּם qûwm — (Aramaic) corresponding to H6965

pronounced koom · Strong's H6966 · 36 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 5 stems: Haph'el, Pe'al, Aph'el, Hoph'al, Pa'el

Translated in the KJV as appoint, establish, make, raise up self, rise, stand, set.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H6965.

qûwm in each stem

Haph'el 15×

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

Perfect (qatal) 11Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Participle (active) 1Infinitive construct 1

וַהֲקִ֨ימוּ Ezra 6:18 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine plural

And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses. (KJV)

וּמְהָקֵ֣ים Dan 2:21 Participle (active), masculine singular

And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: (KJV)

הֲקֵ֖ים Dan 3:2 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. (KJV)

Pe'al 14×

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

Imperfect (yiqtol) 7Participle (active) 4Perfect (qatal) 2Imperative 1

קָ֠מוּ Ezra 5:2 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine plural

Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them. (KJV)

קָאֵ֣ם Dan 2:31 Participle (active), masculine singular

Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. (KJV)

תְּק֛וּם Dan 2:39 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine singular

And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. (KJV)

Aph'el

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

Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Perfect (qatal) 1

יְקִים֩ Dan 2:44 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. (KJV)

אֲקִימֵהּ֙ Dan 3:1 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. (KJV)

יְקִ֥ים Dan 4:14 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches: (KJV)

Hoph'al

Causative · passive — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject has it done to them

Perfect (qatal) 2

הֳקִימַ֔ת Dan 7:4 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person feminine singular

The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it. (KJV)

הֳקִמַ֔ת Dan 7:5 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person feminine singular

And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. (KJV)

Pa'el

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Infinitive construct 1

לְקַיָּמָ֤ה Dan 6:8 Infinitive construct

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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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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