זָנַק zânaq — properly, to draw together the feet (as an animal about to dart upon its prey), i.e. to spring forward
Translated in the KJV as leap.
a primitive root; properly, to draw together the feet (as an animal about to dart upon its prey), i.e. to spring forward.
zânaq in each stem
Pi'el
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
יְזַנֵּ֖ק Deut 33:22 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular
And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
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 ›