צוּד tsûwd — to lie alongside (i.e. in wait)
Translated in the KJV as chase, hunt, sore, take.
a primitive root; also denominative from H6718; to lie alongside (i.e. in wait); by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men); to victual (for a journey).
tsûwd in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Perfect (qatal) 2Imperative 1Infinitive construct 1Participle (active) 1Jussive 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Infinitive absolute 1
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
Polel
Participle (active) 2Infinitive construct 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.
Hitpa'el
Perfect (qatal) 1
This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:
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 ›