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גּוּד gûwd — to crowd upon, i.e. attack

pronounced goode · Strong's H1464 · 3 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as invade, overcome.

a primitive root (akin to H1413); to crowd upon, i.e. attack.

gûwd in each stem

Qal (Pa'al)

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

Imperfect (yiqtol) 3

יְגוּדֶ֑נּוּ Gen 49:19 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. (KJV)

יְגוּדֶֽנּוּ Hab 3:16 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops. (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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