נוּט nûwṭ — to quake
Translated in the KJV as be moved.
to quake.
nûwṭ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
תָּנ֥וּט Ps 99:1 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine singular
The Lord reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
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 ›