קָוָה qâvâh — to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect
Translated in the KJV as gather, look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
a primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect.
qâvâh in each stem
Pi'el
Perfect (qatal) 17Imperfect (yiqtol) 10Imperative 6Wayyiqtol 4Infinitive absolute 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2
I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 6
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
Niph'al
Jussive 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
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 ›