סְעַד çᵉʻad — to aid

pronounced seh-ad' · Strong's H5583 · 1 occurrence in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Pa'el

Translated in the KJV as helping.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H5582; to aid.

çᵉʻad in each stem

Pa'el 1×

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

Participle (active) 1

מְסָעֲדִ֥ין Ezra 5:2 Participle (active), masculine plural

Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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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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