- Original: עוּב - Transliteration: `uwb - Phonetic: oob - Definition: 1. (Hiphil) to becloud - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1574 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to be dense or dark that is to becloud: - cover with a cloud. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • covered, 1 Lamentations 2:1