יָהַד yâhad — to Judaize, i.e. become Jewish
Translated in the KJV as become Jews.
denominative from a form corresponding to H3061; to Judaize, i.e. become Jewish.
yâhad in each stem
Hitpa'el
Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves
Participle (active) 1
מִֽתְיַהֲדִ֔ים Esth 8:17 Participle (active), masculine plural
And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
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 ›