עָוַן ʻâvan — to watch (with jealosy)
Translated in the KJV as eye.
denominative from H5869; to watch (with jealosy).
ʻâvan in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
עוֹיֵ֣ן 1Sam 18:9 Participle (active), masculine singular
And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
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 ›