צָלַל tsâlal — properly, to tumble down, i.e. settle by a waving motion
Translated in the KJV as sink. Compare H6750, H6751.
a primitive root; properly, to tumble down, i.e. settle by a waving motion.
tsâlal in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
צָֽלֲלוּ֙ Exod 15:10 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural
Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
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 ›