עוּז ʻûwz — to be strong
Translated in the KJV as gather (self, self to flee), retire.
a primitive root; to be strong; causatively, to strengthen, i.e. (figuratively) to save (by flight).
ʻûwz in each stem
Hiph'il
Imperative 3Perfect (qatal) 1
Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.
Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
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 ›