מרד

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).

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מֶרֶד • (méred) m (plural indefinite מְרָדִים, singular construct מֶרֶד־)

1. a rebellion, insurrection, mutiny, an uprising

• (rebellion): הִתְקוֹמְמוּת (hitkomemút), מֶרִי (méri)

• אִנְתִּיפָדָה (intifáda, “intifada”)

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.

• מוֹרֵד (moréd, “a rebel, a revolutionary”)

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