עָדָה ʻâdâh — to advance, i.e. pass on or continue
Translated in the KJV as adorn, deck, pass by, take away.
a primitive root; to advance, i.e. pass on or continue; causatively, to remove; specifically, to bedeck (i.e. bring an ornament upon).
ʻâdâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Wayyiqtol 3Perfect (qatal) 2Imperative 1
The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Hiph'il
Participle (active) 1
As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
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 ›