תָּלַע tâlaʻ — to crimson, i.e. dye that color
Translated in the KJV as × scarlet.
a denominative from H8438; to crimson, i.e. dye that color.
tâlaʻ in each stem
Pu'al
Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them
Participle (passive) 1
מְתֻלָּעִ֔ים Nah 2:4 Participle (passive), masculine plural
The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
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 ›