נוּב nûwb — to germinate, i.e. (figuratively) to (causatively, make) flourish
Translated in the KJV as bring forth, make cheerful, increase.
a primitive root; to germinate, i.e. (figuratively) to (causatively, make) flourish; also (of words), to utter.
nûwb in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 3
God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
Polel
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
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 ›