עָמַד ʻâmad — to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Translated in the KJV as abide, appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make.
a primitive root; to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive).
ʻâmad in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 116Wayyiqtol 102Imperfect (yiqtol) 73Perfect (qatal) 54Infinitive construct 35Sequential perfect (weqatal) 21Imperative 18Jussive 12Cohortative 3Infinitive absolute 1
And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Hiph'il
Wayyiqtol 43Perfect (qatal) 13Sequential perfect (weqatal) 13Imperfect (yiqtol) 6Infinitive construct 6Imperative 2Participle (active) 1Infinitive absolute 1
And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
Hoph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Participle (passive) 1
But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.
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 ›