נוּשׁ nûwsh — to be sick, i.e. (figuratively) distressed
Translated in the KJV as be full of heaviness.
a primitive root; to be sick, i.e. (figuratively) distressed.
nûwsh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Wayyiqtol 1
וָֽאָ֫נ֥וּשָׁה Ps 69:21 Wayyiqtol, 1st person common singular
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
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 ›