רָדַד râdad — to tread in pieces, i.e. (figuratively) to conquer, or (specifically) to overlay
Translated in the KJV as spend, spread, subdue.
a primitive root; to tread in pieces, i.e. (figuratively) to conquer, or (specifically) to overlay.
râdad in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 1Participle (active) 1Infinitive construct 1
And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
Hiph'il
Wayyiqtol 1
The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
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 ›