בּוּשׁ bûwsh — properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed
Translated in the KJV as (be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed, be confounded, become dry, delay, be long.
a primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed.
bûwsh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 50Perfect (qatal) 18Cohortative 6Sequential perfect (weqatal) 6Infinitive construct 4Imperative 4Wayyiqtol 2Jussive 2Infinitive absolute 2Participle (active) 1
And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
Hiph'il
Perfect (qatal) 6Participle (active) 6Jussive 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Imperative 1
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge.
In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
Polel
Perfect (qatal) 2
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Hitpolel
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
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 ›