תָּמַהּ tâmahh — to be in consternation
Translated in the KJV as be amazed, be astonished, marvel, wonder.
a primitive root; to be in consternation.
tâmahh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Imperative 2Wayyiqtol 1Perfect (qatal) 1Jussive 1
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Hitpa'el
Imperative 1
Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
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 ›