*mrd: 'to rebel'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*mrd
Meaning'to rebel'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Hebrewmrd; mered (HALOT 632)HALOT 632gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicmerdā (HALOT 632)HALOT 632gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicmrad 'rebel, revolt; resist; surpass'; merdā 'rebellion; stronghold, citadel'; mardūtā 'rebellion, revolt; insolence' (Payne Smith 299)Payne Smith 299
Arabicmarada; mārid 'one who exalts himself, or is insolent and audacious, in pride and in acts of rebellion or disobedience; an insolent and audacious rebel' (Lane 2706)Lane 2706
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic mrd; mrd (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 99); ʾmrd (Al-Jallad 2026, 93); Hismaic mrd (Al-Jallad 2026, 94)Al-Jallad–Jaworska 99; Al-Jallad 2026 93; Al-Jallad 2026 94gloss withheld
Amoritemarādu: ma-ar-du (ARM 26/1, 74: 17f.) (Streck 2000, 105; Streck 2011, 367)Streck 2000 105; Streck 2011, 367gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaicmərad (HALOT BArm. s.v. מְרַד); *mārād (HALOT BArm. s.v. מָרָד)HALOT BArm. s.v. מְרַד; HALOT BArm. s.v. מָרָדgloss withheld
Mandaic Aramaicmrd (LGz. 357)LGz. 357

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Notes

HALOT 632 lists Old South Arabian mrd 'collapse' and Ethiopic merād 'uproar', and takes Hebrew mardût 'rebellion' as perhaps an Aramaic loan. Not 1243 *ḫamāʾ- 'rebellion'.

Updated 25 October 2026

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