דּוּר dûwr — properly, to gyrate (or move in a circle), i.e. to remain
Translated in the KJV as dwell.
a primitive root; properly, to gyrate (or move in a circle), i.e. to remain.
dûwr in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Infinitive construct 1
מִ֝דּ֗וּר Ps 84:11 Infinitive construct
For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
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 ›