פּוּק pûwq — to waver

pronounced pook · Strong's H6328 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Qal (Pa'al), Hiph'il

Translated in the KJV as stumble, move.

a primitive root; to waver.

pûwq in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 1×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 1

פָּק֖וּ Isa 28:7 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. (KJV)

Hiph'il 1×

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

יָפִֽיק Jer 10:4 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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