סָעַד çâʻad — to support (mostly figurative)
Translated in the KJV as comfort, establish, hold up, refresh self, strengthen, be upholden.
a primitive root; to support (mostly figurative).
çâʻad in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperative 5Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Infinitive construct 1
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel’s father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.
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 ›