בּוּר bûwr — to bore, i.e. (figuratively) examine
Translated in the KJV as declare.
a primitive root; to bore, i.e. (figuratively) examine.
bûwr in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Infinitive construct 1
וְלָב֣וּר Eccl 9:1 Infinitive construct
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
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 ›