פָּדָה pâdâh — to sever, i.e. ransom
Translated in the KJV as × at all, deliver, × by any means, ransom, (that are to be, let be) redeem, rescue, × surely.
a primitive root; to sever, i.e. ransom; generally to release, preserve.
pâdâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 18Imperfect (yiqtol) 17Imperative 5Wayyiqtol 4Participle (passive) 3Infinitive absolute 2Participle (active) 2Infinitive construct 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
Niph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Perfect (qatal) 1
And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
Hiph'il
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
Hoph'al
Infinitive absolute 1
And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
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 ›