גְּדַד gᵉdad — to cut down

pronounced ghed-ad' · Strong's H1414 · 2 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Pe'al

Translated in the KJV as hew down.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H1413; to cut down.

gᵉdad in each stem

Pe'al 2×

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

Imperative 2

גֹּ֤דּוּ Dan 4:11 Imperative, 2nd person masculine plural

The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: (KJV)

גֹּ֨דּוּ Dan 4:20 Imperative, 2nd person masculine plural

The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth; (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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