שִׂיב sîyb — properly, to become aged, i.e. (by implication) to grow gray
Translated in the KJV as grayheaded.
a primitive root; properly, to become aged, i.e. (by implication) to grow gray.
sîyb in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1Participle (active) 1
וָשַׂ֔בְתִּי 1Sam 12:2 Perfect (qatal), 1st person common singular
And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
שָׂ֣ב Job 15:10 Participle (active), masculine singular
With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
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 ›