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Root ס־ד־ר: order

Roots Atlas 52 · שֹׁרֶשׁ ס ד ר · the order root
ס ד ר
s · d · r
everything to do with arranging in order
11 words · 1 root · 2 verb-voices

One idea runs through this large family: order, things put in their proper sequence. The bare noun סֵדֶר is order itself, and it is the name of the Passover Seder, the meal run in a fixed sequence. To arrange is לְסַדֵּר; the arrangement, סִדּוּר, is also the prayer book, the fixed order of prayers. From the same root come the typesetter who orders letters, the regular (סָדִיר) thing that recurs in order, the series (סִדְרָה), the corridor (מִסְדְּרוֹן) that lines rooms up in a row, and even the labour union (הִסְתַּדְּרוּת), people organising themselves. One root, and the whole idea of putting things in their place. Every word here is verified against pealim, niqqud included.

The verb across the binyanim (voices)

The same root runs through the verb system. Each binyan is a voice: it bends the one idea into active, passive, causative or reciprocal. Tap to hear.

Pi'el
לְסַדֵּרlesader
intensive / specialized active
to organize, to tidy, to arrange
Hif'il
לְהַסְדִּירlehasdir
causative, make someone do it
to regulate, to settle, to put in order

The everyday verb is the pi'el לְסַדֵּר (to arrange, tidy). The hif'il לְהַסְדִּיר adds a more formal sense of regulating or settling a matter. The reflexive hitpa'el לְהִסְתַּדֵּר (to manage, to get organised, where the ת becomes ת after ס with metathesis) gives the union noun below.

Words born from the root

Same root letters, different noun moulds (mishkalim). The mould tells you the function: who does it, the act of doing it, or the thing produced.

① Order itself: and the Seder

סֵדֶר
seder
order, arrangement; the Passover Seder
קֶטֶל
סָדִיר
sadir
regular, systematic (recurring in order)
קָטִיל

② The act of arranging

סִדּוּר
sidur
arranging, ordering; the prayer book (the fixed order of prayers)
קִטּוּל
הֶסְדֵּר
hesder
agreement, arrangement, settlement (e.g. yeshivat hesder)
הֶקְטֵל

③ Typography: ordering the letters

סְדָר
sdar
typeset, composition (typography)
סַדָּר
sadar
typesetter, compositor
קַטָּל

④ Things lined up: series, corridor, union

סִדְרָה
sidra
sequence, series (also a TV series)
קִטְלָה
מִסְדְּרוֹן
misderon
corridor, hallway (rooms lined up in a row)
מִקְטְלוֹן
הִסְתַּדְּרוּת
histadrut
labour union; organising, getting along
הִתְקַטְּלוּת

Decode it yourself

Strip the prefixes, suffixes and vowels. Three consonants remain, and the meaning lives there.