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יְצַב yᵉtsab — to be firm

pronounced yets-abe' · Strong's H3321 · 1 occurrence in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Pa'el

Translated in the KJV as truth.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H3320; to be firm; hence, to speak surely.

yᵉtsab in each stem

Pa'el

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Infinitive construct 1

לְיַצָּבָ֔א Dan 7:19 Infinitive construct

Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; (KJV)

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 ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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