תָּאַם tâʼam — to be complete
Translated in the KJV as coupled, bear twins.
a primitive root; to be complete; but used only as denominative from H8380,; to be (causatively, make) twinned, i.e. (figuratively) duplicate or (architectural) jointed.
tâʼam in each stem
Hiph'il
Participle (active) 2
Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.
Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
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 ›