פּוּן pûwn — meaning to turn, i.e. be perplexed
Translated in the KJV as be distracted.
a primitive root; meaning to turn, i.e. be perplexed.
pûwn in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Cohortative 1
אָפֽוּנָה Ps 88:16 Cohortative, 1st person common singular
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
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 ›