מָעַד mâʻad — to waver
Translated in the KJV as make to shake, slide, slip.
a primitive root; to waver.
mâʻad in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Participle (active) 1
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
Hiph'il
Imperative 1
Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
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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