Lexical Definition

‎מָעַד‎ mâʻad (maw-ad') to slip ^H:V
a primitive root

make to shake, slide, slip.

• to waver

1) to slip, slide, totter, shake
1a) (Qal) to slip
1b) (Hiphil) to cause or make to shake or totter

See Greek: ἀσθενέω · σαλεύω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מָעַד‎] verb slip, slide, totter, shake (only Hebrew); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural ‎מָֽעֲדוּ‎ 2Sam 22:37 = Ps 18:37* Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תִּמְעַד‎ Ps 37:31 ‎אֶמְעָ֑ד‎ Ps 26:1 Participle plural construct ‎מוֺעֲדֵי‎ Job 12:5 — slip, subject feet, (figurative) 2Sam 22:37 = Ps 18:37*; Job 12:5 subject ‎אֲשֻׁרָיו‎ Ps 37:31 compare Ps 26:1. Pu`al Participle ‎מוּעָ֑דֶת‎ ( = ‎׳‎‎מְמוּ‎ Ges<sup>«GKC:53s»§ 53s</sup>; or old Qal Passive participle, — compare Ba <sup>NB 273</sup>; — but passive not needed here, read perhaps ‎׳‎‎מוֺ‎ Qal Participle active see Schw<sup>ZAW x, 1890, 176</sup>); — ‎׳‎‎רֶגֶל מ‎ Prov 25:19 (simile of untrustworthiness). Hiph`il Perfect ‎וְהִמְעַדְתָּ֫‎ (so read for HCT ‎והעמדת‎, compare Sm Co Da Berthol) Ezek 29:7 cause to shake object ‎כָּלמָֿתְנַיִם‎, i.e. make them totter; compare Imperative ‎הַמְעַ֑ד‎ (object id.) Ps 69:24*.

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