תָּנָה tânâh — to present (a mercenary inducement), i.e. bargain with (a harlot)
Translated in the KJV as hire.
a primitive root; to present (a mercenary inducement), i.e. bargain with (a harlot).
tânâh in each stem
Hiph'il
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
הִתְנ֥וּ Hos 8:9 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
יִתְנ֥וּ Hos 8:10 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural
Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
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 ›