שָׂרַג sârag — to intwine
Translated in the KJV as wrap together, wreath.
a primitive root; to intwine.
sârag in each stem
Pu'al
Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
יְשֹׂרָֽגוּ Job 40:17 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
Hitpa'el
Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
יִשְׂתָּֽרְג֛וּ Lam 1:14 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
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 ›