צָעָה tsâʻâh — to tip over (for the purpose of spilling or pouring out), i.e. (figuratively) depopulate
Translated in the KJV as captive exile, travelling, wander.
a primitive root; to tip over (for the purpose of spilling or pouring out), i.e. (figuratively) depopulate; by implication, to imprison or conquer; (reflexive) to lie down (for coitus).
tsâʻâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 4
The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
Pi'el
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
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 ›