רָבַב râbab — to shoot an arrow

pronounced raw-bab' · Strong's H7232 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as shoot.

a primitive root (rather identical with H7231 through the idea of projection); to shoot an arrow.

râbab in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 2×

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

Perfect (qatal) 2

וָרֹ֑בּוּ Gen 49:23 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: (KJV)

רָ֝ב Ps 18:15 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. (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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