נָבַע nâbaʻ — to gush forth

pronounced naw-bah' · Strong's H5042 · 11 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Hiph'il, Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as belch out, flowing, pour out, send forth, utter.

a primitive root; to gush forth; figuratively, to utter (good or bad words); specifically, to emit (a foul odor).

nâbaʻ in each stem

Hiph'il 10×

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 8Cohortative 2

יַבִּ֣יעַֽ Ps 19:3 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. (KJV)

יַבִּ֘יע֤וּן Ps 59:8 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. (KJV)

אַבִּ֥יעָה Ps 78:2 Cohortative, 1st person common singular

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: (KJV)

Qal (Pa'al) 1×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Participle (active) 1

נֹ֝בֵ֗עַ Prov 18:4 Participle (active), masculine singular

The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. (KJV)

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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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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