צָפַד tsâphad — to adhere

pronounced tsaw-fad' · Strong's H6821 · 1 occurrence in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as cleave.

a primitive root; to adhere.

tsâphad in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 1×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 1

צָפַ֤ד Lam 4:8 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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