שָׂגַב sâgab — to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible
Translated in the KJV as defend, exalt, be excellent, (be, set on) high, lofty, be safe, set up, be too strong.
a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively.
sâgab in each stem
Niph'al
Participle (active) 7Sequential perfect (weqatal) 3
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Pi'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 4Wayyiqtol 2
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 2
From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the Lord our God delivered all unto us:
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
Pu'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.
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 ›