ma.ad describes slipping or losing secure footing, and in an imperative context may call for such a downfall.

The attested uses chiefly describe feet or steps not slipping, or a foot's slipping, in statements of secure movement and stability. A single Hiphil imperative occurs in a prayer for indignation against opponents, where the APB presents the surrounding judgment language without isolating the term's contribution.

1. Slipping or not slipping in one's steps · dominant

   In 2 Samuel 22:37, the Qal perfect occurs after the gift of a wide place for the speaker's steps, and the APB renders the result as feet that “did not slip.” Job 12:5 uses a Qal active participle in the construct phrase rendered “the slipping of the foot”; Psalm 26:1 and Psalm 37:31 likewise place Qal imperfect forms in assertions that the speaker or a righteous person's steps will not slip. Psalm 18:37 has the same Qal perfect form in a pursuit clause, though the APB does not separately display its contribution.

   2 Samuel 22:37Job 12:5Psalm 18:37Psalm 26:1Psalm 37:31
2. A commanded downfall in an imprecation · rare

   Psalm 69:24 uses a Hiphil imperative in a clause calling for indignation and burning anger against “them.” The APB renders the surrounding petition, “Pour out your indignation upon them, and let the burning of your anger overtake them,” but does not make the term's specific contribution identifiable.

   Psalm 69:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “slip” or “slipping” in 2 Samuel 22:37, Job 12:5, Psalm 26:1, and Psalm 37:31. In Psalm 18:37 and Psalm 69:24, it renders the wider clauses without a clearly isolable English equivalent.