תָּוָה tâvâh — to mark out, i.e. (primitive) scratch or (definite) imprint

pronounced taw-vaw' · Strong's H8427 · 3 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Pi'el, Hiph'il

Translated in the KJV as scrabble, set.

a primitive root; to mark out, i.e. (primitive) scratch or (definite) imprint.

tâvâh in each stem

Pi'el 2×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Wayyiqtol 2

ויתו 1Sam 21:14 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular

Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me? (KJV)

Hiph'il 1×

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1

וְהִתְוִ֨יתָ Ezek 9:4 Sequential perfect (weqatal), 2nd person masculine singular

And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. (KJV)

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 ›

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