רָדָה râdâh — to tread down, i.e. subjugate
Translated in the KJV as (come to, make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (bear, make to) rule, (-r, over), take.
a primitive root; to tread down, i.e. subjugate; specifically, to crumble off.
râdâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 6Imperfect (yiqtol) 4Perfect (qatal) 4Wayyiqtol 4Jussive 3Imperative 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2Infinitive construct 1
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
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 ›