צְלָא tsᵉlâʼ — pray
Translated in the KJV as pray.
(Aramaic) probably corresponding to H6760 in the sense of bowing; pray.
tsᵉlâʼ in each stem
Pa'el
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Participle (active) 2
וּמְצַלַּ֕יִן Ezra 6:10 Participle (active), masculine plural
That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
וּמְצַלֵּ֤א Dan 6:11 Participle (active), masculine singular
Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
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 ›