שׁוּר shûwr — to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for
Translated in the KJV as behold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.
a primitive root (identical with through the idea of going round for inspection); to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for.
shûwr in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 13Jussive 1Imperative 1Wayyiqtol 1
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
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 ›