שׁוּק shûwq — to run after or over, i.e. overflow
Translated in the KJV as overflow, water.
a primitive root; to run after or over, i.e. overflow.
shûwq in each stem
Hiph'il
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.
Polel
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.
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 ›