אוֹר ʼôwr — to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
Translated in the KJV as × break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.
a primitive root; to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically).
ʼôwr in each stem
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 9Infinitive construct 7Imperative 7Participle (active) 3Perfect (qatal) 3Wayyiqtol 2Jussive 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 2Wayyiqtol 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Participle (active) 1Imperative 1
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
Niph'al
Infinitive construct 1Participle (active) 1
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
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 ›