זוּר zûwr — to press together, tighten

pronounced zoor · Strong's H2115 · 3 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Qal (Pa'al), Qal passive

Translated in the KJV as close, rush, thrust together.

a primitive root (compare H6695); to press together, tighten.

zûwr in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 2×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Wayyiqtol 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

וַיָּ֖זַר Judg 6:38 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular

And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. (KJV)

תְּזוּרֶ֑הָ Job 39:15 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine singular

And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. (KJV)

Qal passive 1×

Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them

Perfect (qatal) 1

זֹ֨רוּ֙ Isa 1:6 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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