רוּר rûwr — to slaver (with spittle), i.e. (by analogy) to emit a fluid (ulcerous or natural)
Translated in the KJV as run.
a primitive root; to slaver (with spittle), i.e. (by analogy) to emit a fluid (ulcerous or natural).
rûwr in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
רָ֣ר Lev 15:3 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular
And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
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 ›