עָרַף ʻâraph — to droop
Translated in the KJV as drop.
a primitive root; to droop; hence, to drip.
ʻâraph in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
יַעֲרֹ֤ף Deut 32:2 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
יַֽעַרְפוּ Deut 33:28 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural
Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
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 ›