תָּכָה tâkâh — to strew, i.e. encamp
Translated in the KJV as sit down.
a primitive root; to strew, i.e. encamp.
tâkâh in each stem
Pu'al
Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them
Perfect (qatal) 1
תֻּכּ֣וּ Deut 33:3 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
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 ›