זְבַן zᵉban — to acquire by purchase
Translated in the KJV as gain.
(Aramaic) corresponding to the root of H2081; to acquire by purchase.
zᵉban in each stem
Pe'al
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
זָבְנִ֑ין Dan 2:8 Participle (active), masculine plural
The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from 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 ›