רָעַף râʻaph — to drip
Translated in the KJV as distil, drop.
a primitive root; to drip.
râʻaph in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 4
Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Hiph'il
Imperative 1
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have created it.
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 ›
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