וָאַצְמִיתֵֽם2Sam 22:41Wayyiqtol, 1st person common singular
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. (KJV)
אַצְמִיתֵֽםPs 18:41Imperfect (yiqtol), 1st person common singular
They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not. (KJV)
הַצְמִיתֵֽםPs 54:7Imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. (KJV)
Niph'al 2×
Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them
Perfect (qatal) 2
נִצְמָ֑תוּJob 6:17Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural
What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. (KJV)
נִ֭צְמַתִּיJob 23:17Perfect (qatal), 1st person common singular
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. (KJV)
Pilpel 1×
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
צִמְּתוּתֻֽנִיPs 88:17Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. (KJV)
Pi'el 1×
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
צִמְּתַ֥תְנִיPs 119:139Perfect (qatal), 3rd person feminine singular
My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. (KJV)
Qal (Pa'al) 1×
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
צָֽמְת֤וּLam 3:53Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. (KJV)
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 ›
In the app, tap any Hebrew verb while reading: its root, stem and form are named, the letters of the word itself are coloured to show which is which, and the stem's meaning is put in plain English. tsâmath in the lexicon ›
Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.
