טָנַף ṭânaph — to soil
Translated in the KJV as defile.
a primitive root; to soil.
ṭânaph in each stem
Pi'el
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
אֲטַנְּפֵֽם Song 5:3 Imperfect (yiqtol), 1st person common singular
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
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 ›