טָרַד ṭârad — to drive on
Translated in the KJV as continual.
a primitive root; to drive on; figuratively, to follow close.
ṭârad in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 2
טֹ֝רֵ֗ד Prov 19:13 Participle (active), masculine singular
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
ט֭וֹרֵד Prov 27:15 Participle (active), masculine singular
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
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 ›