עֲדָא ʻădâʼ — (Aramaic), corresponding to H5710
Translated in the KJV as alter, depart, pass, remove, take.
(Aramaic) or עֲדָה; (Aramaic), corresponding to H5710.
ʻădâʼ in each stem
Pe'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Perfect (qatal) 2
And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
Haph'el
Perfect (qatal) 2Participle (active) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
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 ›