שָׁאָה shâʼâh — to stun, i.e. (intransitively) be astonished
Translated in the KJV as wonder.
a primitive root (identical with through the idea of whirling to giddiness); to stun, i.e. (intransitively) be astonished.
shâʼâh in each stem
Hitpa'el
Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves
Participle (active) 1
מִשְׁתָּאֵ֖ה Gen 24:21 Participle (active), masculine singular
And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.
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 ›