טוּא ṭûwʼ — to sweep away
Translated in the KJV as sweep.
a primitive root; to sweep away.
ṭûwʼ in each stem
Pilpel
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
וְטֵֽאטֵאתִ֨יהָ֙ Isa 14:23 Sequential perfect (weqatal), 1st person common singular
I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
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 ›