עָרַג ʻârag — to long for
Translated in the KJV as cry, pant.
a primitive root; to long for.
ʻârag in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 3
תַּעֲרֹ֥ג Ps 42:2 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine singular
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
תַּעֲר֣וֹג Joel 1:20 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine singular
The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
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 ›