שָׁבַח shâbach — properly, to address in a loud tone, i.e. (specifically) loud
Translated in the KJV as commend, glory, keep in, praise, still, triumph.
a primitive root; properly, to address in a loud tone, i.e. (specifically) loud; figuratively, to pacify (as if by words).
shâbach in each stem
Pi'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 4Imperative 2Infinitive absolute 1Perfect (qatal) 1
Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
Hitpa'el
Infinitive construct 2
And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
Hiph'il
Participle (active) 1
They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
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 ›