דָּבַב dâbab — to move slowly, i.e. glide
Translated in the KJV as cause to speak.
a primitive root (compare H1679); to move slowly, i.e. glide.
dâbab in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
דּוֹבֵ֖ב Song 7:10 Participle (active), masculine singular
I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.
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 ›