חוּג chûwg — to describe a circle
Translated in the KJV as compass.
a primitive root (compare H2287); to describe a circle.
chûwg in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
חָ֭ג Job 26:10 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
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 ›