מרד

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
מ־ר־ד (m-r-d)

From the root מ־ר־ד (m-r-d), from Proto-Semitic *marad- (“to fortify, to set up resistance; to escape, to find a means to get away; to leave one's people, to branch off or split from a group”). Cognate with Aramaic מִרְדָּא (mirdā), Classical Syriac ܡܪܕܐ (merdā), Classical Mandaic ࡌࡉࡓࡃࡀ (MYRDʾ) and Arabic تَمَرَّدَ (tamarrada).

Pronunciation
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Noun

מֶרֶד • (méred) m (plural indefinite מְרָדִים, singular construct מֶרֶד־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. a rebellion, insurrection, mutiny, an uprising

Synonyms

Hyponyms

Verb

מָרַד • (marád) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. To revolt, to rebel against, to resist, to become defiant towards an entity.
    • Tanach, Genesis 14:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה עָבְדוּ אֶת־כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר וּשְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה מָרָֽדוּ׃
      Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

Conjugation
Conjugation of מָרַד (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: למרוד / לִמְרֹד
  • action noun: מְרִידָה
  • passive participle: מָרוּד
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first מָרַדְתִּימָרַדְנוּ
second מָרַדְתָּמָרַדְתְּמְרַדְתֶּם1מְרַדְתֶּן1
third מָרַדמָרְדָהמָרְדוּ
present מוֹרֵדמוֹרֶדֶתמוֹרְדִיםמוֹרְדוֹת
future first אמרוד / אֶמְרֹדנמרוד / נִמְרֹד
second תמרוד / תִּמְרֹדתִּמְרְדִיתִּמְרְדוּתמרודנה / תִּמְרֹדְנָה2
third ימרוד / יִמְרֹדתמרוד / תִּמְרֹדיִמְרְדוּתמרודנה / תִּמְרֹדְנָה2
imperative מרוד / מְרֹדמִרְדִימִרְדוּמרודנה / מְרֹדְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced מָרַדְתֶּם and מָרַדְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms
  • הִמְרִיד (himríd)
  • הומרד / הֻמְרַד (humrád)
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