יְדָא yᵉdâʼ — to praise

pronounced yed-aw' · Strong's H3029 · 2 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 2 stems: Haph'el, Aph'el

Translated in the KJV as thank.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H3034; to praise.

yᵉdâʼ in each stem

Haph'el 1×

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Participle (active) 1

מְהוֹדֵ֤א Dan 2:23 Participle (active), masculine singular

I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king’s matter. (KJV)

Aph'el 1×

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Participle (active) 1

וּמוֹדֵא֙ Dan 6:11 Participle (active), masculine singular

Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. (KJV)

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 ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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