טָפַשׁ ṭâphash — properly, apparently to be thick
Translated in the KJV as be fat.
a primitive root; properly, apparently to be thick; figuratively, to be stupid.
ṭâphash in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
טָפַ֣שׁ Ps 119:70 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
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 ›