חָוָה châvâh — properly, to live
Translated in the KJV as show.
a primitive root; (compare H2324, H2421); properly, to live; by implication (intensively) to declare or show.
châvâh in each stem
Pi'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Infinitive construct 1
I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.
Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.
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 ›