תָּפַר tâphar — to sew
Translated in the KJV as sew.
a primitive root; to sew.
tâphar in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Wayyiqtol 1Perfect (qatal) 1Infinitive construct 1
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Pi'el
Participle (active) 1
And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto 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 ›