שָׁבַץ shâbats — to interweave (colored) threads in squares

pronounced shaw-bats' · Strong's H7660 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Pu'al, Pi'el

Translated in the KJV as embroider, set.

a primitive root; to interweave (colored) threads in squares; by implication (of reticulation) to inchase gems in gold.

shâbats in each stem

Pu'al 1×

Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them

Participle (passive) 1

מְשֻׁבָּצִ֥ים Exod 28:20 Participle (passive), masculine plural

And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. (KJV)

Pi'el 1×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1

וְשִׁבַּצְתָּ֙ Exod 28:39 Sequential perfect (weqatal), 2nd person masculine singular

And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework. (KJV)

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 ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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