שְׁדַר shᵉdar — (Aramaic) a primitive root
Translated in the KJV as labour.
(Aramaic) a primitive root; to endeavor.
shᵉdar in each stem
Hithpa'al
Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves
Participle (active) 1
מִשְׁתַּדַּ֖ר Dan 6:15 Participle (active), masculine singular
Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
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 ›