how to say “rebels” in Hebrew
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This Ancient- and Modern-Hebrew word first appears in the Biblical story of אַבְרָם 
listen and repeat – Abram (before he was renamed אַבְרָהָם listen and repeat–Abraham) fighting the four kings:
listen and repeat – Abram (before he was renamed אַבְרָהָם listen and repeat–Abraham) fighting the four kings:שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה עָבְדוּ אֶת כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר וּשְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה מָרָדוּ
Twelve years they were slaves to Chedorlaomer, and thirteen years they rebelled.
(בְּרֵאשִׁית יד,ד – Genesis 14:4)
The word לִמְרוֹד listen and repeat means to rebel. It’s an active-simple verb of the root מ.ר.ד (m.r.d). Like any proper Hebrew verb, it generates what linguists call participles – the types of verb that can also double as adjectives or adverbs… or even nouns.
listen and repeat means to rebel. It’s an active-simple verb of the root מ.ר.ד (m.r.d). Like any proper Hebrew verb, it generates what linguists call participles – the types of verb that can also double as adjectives or adverbs… or even nouns.
To illustrate, הוּא מוֹרֵד listen and repeat means he is rebelling. But it also means he is a rebel (this particular participle isn’t used an adjective or adverb).
listen and repeat means he is rebelling. But it also means he is a rebel (this particular participle isn’t used an adjective or adverb).An example in context:
אַסַד לֹא אוֹהֵב אֶת הַמּוֹרְדִים.
Assad doesn’t like the rebels.
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