שְׁמַשׁ shᵉmash — to serve

pronounced shem-ash' · Strong's H8120 · 1 occurrence in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Pa'el

Translated in the KJV as minister.

(Aramaic) corresponding to the root of H8121 through the idea of activity implied in day-light; to serve.

shᵉmash in each stem

Pa'el 1×

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

Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

יְשַׁמְּשׁוּנֵּ֔הּ Dan 7:10 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. (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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