עָתַד ʻâthad — to prepare

pronounced aw-thad' · Strong's H6257 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Hitpa'el, Pi'el

Translated in the KJV as make fit, be ready to become.

a primitive root; to prepare.

ʻâthad in each stem

Hitpa'el 1×

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Perfect (qatal) 1

הִתְעַתְּד֣וּ Job 15:28 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. (KJV)

Pi'el 1×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Imperative 1

וְעַתְּדָ֣הּ Prov 24:27 Imperative, 2nd person masculine singular

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. (KJV)

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 ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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