נוּק nûwq — to suckle
Translated in the KJV as nurse.
a primitive root; to suckle.
nûwq in each stem
Hiph'il
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Wayyiqtol 1
וַתְּנִיקֵֽהוּ Exod 2:9 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person feminine singular
And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
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 ›