שָׁתַם shâtham — to unveil (figuratively)
Translated in the KJV as be open.
a primitive root; to unveil (figuratively).
shâtham in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (passive) 2
שְׁתֻ֥ם Num 24:3 Participle (passive), masculine singular
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
שְׁתֻ֥ם Num 24:15 Participle (passive), masculine singular
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
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 ›