עוּק ʻûwq — to pack
Translated in the KJV as be pressed.
a primitive root; to pack.
ʻûwq in each stem
Hiph'il
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
מֵעִ֖יק Amos 2:13 Participle (active), masculine singular
Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
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 ›