זְמַן zᵉman — to agree (on a time and place)

pronounced zem-an' · Strong's H2164 · 2 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Hithpa'al

Translated in the KJV as prepare.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H2163; to agree (on a time and place).

zᵉman in each stem

Hithpa'al 2×

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Perfect (qatal) 2

הזמנתון Dan 2:9 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine plural

But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof. (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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