דּוּב dûwb — to mope, i.e. (figuratively) pine
Translated in the KJV as sorrow.
a primitive root; to mope, i.e. (figuratively) pine.
dûwb in each stem
Hiph'il
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
וּמְדִיבֹ֣ת Lev 26:16 Participle (active), feminine plural
I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
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 ›