תַּחָרָה tachârâh — to vie with a rival
Translated in the KJV as close, contend.
a facitious root from H2734 through the idea of the heat of jealousy; to vie with a rival.
tachârâh in each stem
Tiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Participle (active) 1
If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
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 ›