שְׁפַר shᵉphar — to be beautiful
Translated in the KJV as be acceptable, please, think good.
(Aramaic) corresponding to H8231; to be beautiful.
shᵉphar in each stem
Pe'al
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
יִשְׁפַּ֣ר Dan 4:24 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular
This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
שְׁפַר֙ Dan 6:2 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular
And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
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 ›