גּוּף gûwph — properly, to hollow or arch, i.e. (figuratively) close
Translated in the KJV as shut.
a primitive root; properly, to hollow or arch, i.e. (figuratively) close; to shut.
gûwph in each stem
Hiph'il
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
יָגִ֥יפוּ Neh 7:3 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural
And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
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 ›