צָחַח tsâchach — to glare, i.e. be dazzling white
Translated in the KJV as be whiter.
a primitive root; to glare, i.e. be dazzling white.
tsâchach in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
צַח֖וּ Lam 4:7 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural
Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
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 ›