יָצַב yâtsab — to place (any thing so as to stay)
Translated in the KJV as present selves, remaining, resort, set, (be able to, can, with-) stand (fast, forth, -ing, still, up).
a primitive root; to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue.
yâtsab in each stem
Hitpa'el
Imperative 14Imperfect (yiqtol) 13Wayyiqtol 12Infinitive construct 6Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Perfect (qatal) 1Cohortative 1
And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
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 ›