צָהַב tsâhab — to glitter, i.e. be golden in color
Translated in the KJV as × fine.
a primitive root; to glitter, i.e. be golden in color.
tsâhab in each stem
Hoph'al
Participle (passive) 1
Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
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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