צָבַט tsâbaṭ — to grasp, i.e. hand out
Translated in the KJV as reach.
a primitive root; to grasp, i.e. hand out.
tsâbaṭ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Wayyiqtol 1
וַיִּצְבָּט Ruth 2:14 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular
And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
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 ›