טָוָה ṭâvâh — to spin
Translated in the KJV as spin.
a primitive root; to spin.
ṭâvâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 2
טָו֑וּ Exod 35:25 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural
And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.
טָו֖וּ Exod 35:26 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural
And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair.
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 ›