נוּן nûwn — to resprout, i.e. propagate by shoots
Translated in the KJV as be continued.
a primitive root; to resprout, i.e. propagate by shoots; figuratively, to be perpetual.
nûwn in each stem
Niph'al
Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them
Jussive 2
ינין Ps 72:17 Jussive, 3rd person masculine singular
His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
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 ›