בָּדַד bâdad — to divide, i.e. (reflex.) be solitary
Translated in the KJV as alone.
a primitive root; to divide, i.e. (reflex.) be solitary.
bâdad in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 3
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
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 ›