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).

Noun

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

  1. a rebellion, insurrection, mutiny, an uprising

Synonyms

Hyponyms

Verb

מָרַד • (marád) (pa'al construction, future ימרוד \ יִמְרֹד‎)

  1. To revolt, to rebel against, to resist, to become defiant towards an entity.
    • c. 538–330 BCE, 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: —
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)

See also
  • מָרוּד‎ (marúd)
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