שְׁבַשׁ shᵉbash — to entangle, i.e. perplex
Translated in the KJV as be astonished.
(Aramaic) corresponding to H7660; to entangle, i.e. perplex.
shᵉbash in each stem
Hithpa'al
Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves
Participle (active) 1
מִֽשְׁתַּבְּשִֽׁין Dan 5:9 Participle (active), masculine plural
Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
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 ›