בָּדַל bâdal — to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)
Translated in the KJV as (make, put) difference, divide, separate (self, -ation), sever, × utterly.
a primitive root; to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.).
bâdal in each stem
Hiph'il
Wayyiqtol 7Imperfect (yiqtol) 7Perfect (qatal) 6Infinitive construct 5Sequential perfect (weqatal) 4Participle (active) 2Infinitive absolute 1
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
Niph'al
Wayyiqtol 3Imperative 2Perfect (qatal) 2Participle (passive) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Participle (active) 1
Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
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 ›