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title: מָעַד — slip · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָעַד (4571), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: slip. BDB 1906: vb. slip, slide, totter, shake Qal Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָעַד

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«מָעַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **slip** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 4571 · **BDB:** מָֽעַד

### Glosses

they.slip (2); I.will.slip (1); \[those.who.are\].slipping (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

slip [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4571/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. slip, slide, totter, shake Qal Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4571/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. slip, slide, totter, shake (only Heb.);— Pf. 3 pl. מָֽעֲדוּ 2 S 22:37=ψ 18:37; Impf. 3 fs. תִּמְעַד ψ 37:31; אֶמְעָ֑ד ψ 26:1; Pt. pl. cstr. מוֹעֲדֵי Jb 12:5;—slip, subj. feet, (fig.) 2 S 22:37=ψ 18:37, Jb 12:5; subj. אֲשֻׁרָיו ψ 37:31; cf. ψ 26:1. Pt. מוּעָ֑דֶת (=מְמוּ׳ Ges§ 53 s; or old Qal Pt. pass.,—cf. BaNB 273;—but pass. not needed here, read perhaps מוֹ׳ Qal Pt. act. v. SchwallyZAW x, 1890, 176);—רֶגֶל מ׳ Pr 25:19 (sim. of untrustworthiness). Pf. וְהִמְעַדְתָּ֫ (so read for ℌ והעמדת, cf. Sm Co Da Berthol) Ez 29:7; cause to shake obj. כָּל־מָתְנַיִם, i.e. make them totter; cf. Imv. דַמְעַ֑ד (obj. id.) ψ 69:24.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָעַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4571/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 22:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.37/)

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תַּרְחִ֥יב צַעֲדִ֖י תַּחְתֵּ֑נִי וְלֹ֥א מָעֲד֖וּ קַרְסֻלָּֽי׃

*Word for word:* you.enlarge step\[s\] my under me and not they.slip ankles my

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.

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[Psalms 18:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.37/)

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תַּרְחִ֣יב צַעֲדִ֣י תַחְתָּ֑י וְלֹ֥א מָ֝עֲד֗וּ קַרְסֻלָּֽי׃

*Word for word:* you.enlarge step\[s\] my under me and not they.slip ankles my

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.

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