Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. [
מָּרַד]
verb divide (Late Hebrew
id., divide, separate; so Syriac in derived species and derivatives; Arabic
be single, sole, also (Dozy)
unfold, unroll): —
Qal Passive participle feminine plural מְּרֻדוֺת Ezekiel 1:11 divided, i.e. spread, of wings.
Niph`al Perfect3plural נִפְרְדוּ Genesis 10:5,32, נִפְרָ֑דוּ 2 Samuel 1:23; Imperfect, יִמָּרֵד Genesis 2:10; Proverbs 19:4, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הִמָּ֫רֶד נָא Genesis 13:9; Infinitive construct הִמָּֽרֶדֿ לוֺט Genesis 13:14; Participle נִפְרָד Judges 4:11; Proverbs 18:1, נִמְּרָדִים Nehemiah 4:13; —
1 divide, separate (intransitive), Genesis 2:10 (of river, dividing into branches); of one man separating from another, with מֵעַל Genesis 13:9,11, מֵעִם Genesis 13:14 (all J), from others, מִן Judges 4:11; reciprocal Genesis 25:23 (J; of sons of Rebekah representing nations, with מִמֵּעַיִךְ in construction praegn. [Ges§ 119ff], i.e. divided (hostile) from birth); absolute Proverbs 18:1; of peoples separating from (מִן) parent stock Proverbs 10:5,32 (P).
2 be divided, separated, 2 Samuel 1:23; Nehemiah 4:13; of loss of friendship Proverbs 19:4.
Pi`el Imperfect3masculine singular יְפָרֵ֑דוּ Hosea 4:14 make a separation, i.e. go apart (in company with [עִם] harlots, compare RSSemitic i. 436, 2nd ed. 455).
Pu`al Participle divided, עַםמְ֗֗֗פֻזָּר וּמְפֹרָד בֵּין הָעַמִּים Esther 3:8
Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הִפְרִיד Genesis 30:40; Imperfect יַפְרִיד Ruth 1:17; Proverbs 18:18, 3masculine plural וַיַּפְרִדוּ 2 Kings 2:11; Infinitive construct suffix בְּהַפְרִידוֺ Deuteronomy 32:8; Participle מַפְרִיד Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 17:9; —
1 divide, separate Genesis 30:40 (JE) Deuteronomy 32:8, of separating friends Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 17:9.
2 make a division, separation, between (בֵּין), 2 Kings 2:11; Ruth 1:17; of parting disputants (with בֵּין) Proverbs 18:18.
Hithpa`el Perfect3plural וְהִתְמָּֽרְדוּ Psalm 22:15; Imperfect יִתְמָּֽרְדוּ Psalm 92:10, רָ֑דוּ- Job 4:11; Job 41:9; — be divided, separated, from each other; of scales of crocodile (c. negative) Job 41:9, of bones, = be loosened at the joint, Psalm 22:15 (figurative of helplessness); = be dispersed Job 4:11; Psalm 92:10.
