Lexical Summary maad: to slip, slide, totter, shake Original Word: מָעַדTransliteration: maad Phonetic Spelling: (maw-ad') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to slip, slide, totter, shake Meaning: to slip, slide, totter, shake Strong's Concordance make to shake, slide, slip A primitive root; to waver -- make to shake, slide, slip. Brown-Driver-Briggs H4571. maad [מָעַד] verb slip, slide, totter, shake (only Hebrew); — Qal Perfect3plural מָֽעֲדוּ 2 Samuel 22:37 = Psalm 18:37; Imperfect3feminine singular תִּמְעַד 37:31; אֶמְעָ֑ד 26:1; Participle plural construct מוֺעֲדֵי Job 12:5; — slip, subject feet, (figurative) 2 Samuel 22:37 = Psalm 18:37; Job 12:5; subject אֲשֻׁרָיו Psalm 37:31; compare 26:1. Pu`al Participle מוּעָ֑דֶת ( = ׳מְמוּ Ges§ 53s; or old Qal Passive participle, — compare Ba NB 273; — but passive not needed here, read perhaps ׳מוֺ Qal Participle active see SchwZAW x, 1890, 176); — מ ׳רֶגֶל Proverbs 25:19 (simile of untrustworthiness). Hiph`il Perfect וְהִמְעַדְתָּ֫ (so read for HCT והעמדת, compare Sm Co Da Berthol) Ezekiel 29:7; cause to shake object כָּלמָֿתְנַיִם, i.e. make them totter; compare Imperative הַמְעַ֑ד (object id.) Psalm 69:24. |
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