צָנַף tsânaph — to wrap, i.e. roll or dress
Translated in the KJV as be attired, × surely, violently turn.
a primitive root; to wrap, i.e. roll or dress.
tsânaph in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Infinitive absolute 1
He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house.
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 ›