דָּדָה dâdâh — a doubtful root
Translated in the KJV as go (softly, with).
a doubtful root; to walk gently.
dâdâh in each stem
Hitpa'el
Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
אֶדַּדֵּ֗ם Ps 42:5 Imperfect (yiqtol), 1st person common singular
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
אֶדַּדֶּ֥ה Isa 38:15 Imperfect (yiqtol), 1st person common singular
What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
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 ›