תָּאָה tâʼâh — to mark off, i.e. (intensively) designate
Translated in the KJV as point out.
a primitive root; to mark off, i.e. (intensively) designate.
tâʼâh in each stem
Pi'el
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
תְּתָא֥וּ Num 34:7 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine plural
And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:
תְּתָא֖וּ Num 34:8 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine plural
From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:
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 ›