STRONGS NUMBER H4571


Word Summary
maad: to slip, slide, totter, shake
Original Word: מָעַד
Transliteration: 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 מָֽעֲדוּ2 Samuel 22:37 = Psalm 18:37; Imperfect3feminine singular תִּמְעַד37:31; אֶמְעָ֑ד26:1; Participle plural construct מוֺעֲדֵיJob 12:5; — slip, subject feet, (figurative) 2 Samuel 22:37 = Psalm 18:37; Job 12:5; subject אֲשֻׁרָיוPsalm 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 ׳רֶגֶלProverbs 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.