שָׂחַט sâchaṭ — to tread out, i.e. squeeze (grapes)
Translated in the KJV as press.
a primitive root; to tread out, i.e. squeeze (grapes).
sâchaṭ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Wayyiqtol 1
וָֽאֶשְׂחַ֤ט Gen 40:11 Wayyiqtol, 1st person common singular
And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
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 ›