שׁוּק shûwq — to run after or over, i.e. overflow

pronounced shook · Strong's H7783 · 3 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Hiph'il, Polel

Translated in the KJV as overflow, water.

a primitive root; to run after or over, i.e. overflow.

shûwq in each stem

Hiph'il 2×

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 2

וְהֵשִׁ֥יקוּ Joel 2:24 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil. (KJV)

הֵשִׁ֨יקוּ֙ Joel 4:13 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

Polel 1×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Wayyiqtol 1

וַתְּשֹׁ֪קְקֶ֡הָ Ps 65:10 Wayyiqtol, 2nd person masculine singular

Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. (KJV)

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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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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