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עוּשׁ ʻûwsh — to hasten
pronounced oosh · Strong's H5789 · 1 occurrence in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)
Translated in the KJV as assemble self.
a primitive root; to hasten.
ʻûwsh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al) 1×
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Imperative 1
ע֣וּשׁוּJoel 4:11Imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
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 ›
In the app, tap any Hebrew verb while reading: its root, stem and form are named, the letters of the word itself are coloured to show which is which, and the stem's meaning is put in plain English. ʻûwsh in the lexicon ›
Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.
