טָמַן ṭâman — to hide (by covering over)
Translated in the KJV as hide, lay privily, in secret.
a primitive root; to hide (by covering over).
ṭâman in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 11Participle (passive) 7Wayyiqtol 4Infinitive construct 3Imperative 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
Hiph'il
Wayyiqtol 2
And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
Niph'al
Imperative 1
Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty.
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 ›