גָּוַע gâvaʻ — to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
Translated in the KJV as die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.
a primitive root; to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire.
gâvaʻ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 10Wayyiqtol 6Perfect (qatal) 5Infinitive construct 2Participle (active) 1
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
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 ›
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