גָּדַד gâdad — to crowd

pronounced gaw-dad' · Strong's H1413 · 7 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Hitpolel, Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as assemble, gather (selves together, self in troops), cut selves.

a primitive root (compare H1464); to crowd; also to gash (as if by pressing into).

gâdad in each stem

Hitpolel 6×

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Wayyiqtol 1

תִתְגֹּֽדְד֗וּ Deut 14:1 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine plural

Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. (KJV)

וַיִּתְגֹּֽדְדוּ֙ 1Kgs 18:28 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine plural

And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. (KJV)

יִתְגֹּדָֽדוּ Jer 5:7 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses. (KJV)

Qal (Pa'al) 1×

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

Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

יָ֭גוֹדּוּ Ps 94:21 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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