חָדָה châdâh — to rejoice

pronounced khaw-daw' · Strong's H2302 · 3 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Qal (Pa'al), Pi'el

Translated in the KJV as make glad, be joined, rejoice.

a primitive root; to rejoice.

châdâh in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 2×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Wayyiqtol 1Jussive 1

וַיִּ֣חַדְּ Exod 18:9 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular

And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. (KJV)

יִ֭חַדְּ Job 3:6 Jussive, 3rd person masculine singular

As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. (KJV)

Pi'el 1×

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

Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

תְּחַדֵּ֥הוּ Ps 21:7 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine singular

For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. (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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