רָבַב râbab — properly, to cast together , i.e. increase, especially in number
Translated in the KJV as increase, be many, be more, multiply, ten thousands.
a primitive root; (compare H7241); also as denominative from H7233; properly, to cast together , i.e. increase, especially in number; to multiply by the myriad.
râbab in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 10Infinitive construct 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
Pu'al
Participle (passive) 1
That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
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 ›