יָנַח yânach — to deposit
Translated in the KJV as bestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave, let alone, pacify, place, put, set, suffer, withdraw.
a primitive root; to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay.
yânach in each stem
Hiph'il
Wayyiqtol 20Sequential perfect (weqatal) 15Perfect (qatal) 11Imperative 10Imperfect (yiqtol) 8Jussive 4Infinitive construct 2Participle (active) 1
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
Hoph'al
Participle (passive) 3Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.
And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.
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 ›