תּוּר tûwr — to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially for trade or reconnoitring
Translated in the KJV as chap, sent to descry, be excellent, merchant, search, seek, spy.
a primitive root; to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially for trade or reconnoitring.
tûwr in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Infinitive construct 11Perfect (qatal) 4Participle (active) 3Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Wayyiqtol 1
And they departed from the mount of the Lord three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.
Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
Hiph'il
Wayyiqtol 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth–el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
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 ›