יָמַר yâmar — to exchange
Translated in the KJV as boast selves, change.
a primitive root; to exchange; by implication, to change places.
yâmar in each stem
Hitpa'el
Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
תִּתְיַמָּֽרוּ Isa 61:6 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine plural
But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
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 ›
