Lexical Summary nadad: to retreat, flee, depart, stray, wander, flutter Original Word: נָדַדTransliteration: nadad Phonetic Spelling: (naw-dad') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to retreat, flee, depart, stray, wander, flutter Meaning: to wave to and fro, to rove, flee, to drive away Strong's Concordance chase away, could not, depart, flee apace, away, remove, thrust away, wander abroad,A primitive root; properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away -- chase (away), X could not, depart, flee (X apace, away), (re-)move, thrust away, wander (abroad, -er, -ing). Brown-Driver-Briggs H5074. nadad I. [נָדַד] verb retreat, flee, depart, stray, wander, flutter (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic flee, run away; Aramaic hate, abominate, shrink from, Aph`el put to flight, etc.; נְדַד flee ); — Qal Perfect3feminine singular נָָֽדְדָה Isaiah 10:31; Esther 6:1; 3plural נָָֽדְדוּ Hosea 7:13 4t., נָדָ֑דוּ Isaiah 21:15; Jeremiah 4:25; Imperfect יִדּוֺד Nahum 3:7; 3feminine singular וַתִּדֹּד Genesis 31:40; 3masculine plural יִדֹּדוּן Psalm 68:13 (twice in verse); Infinitive construct נְדֹד 55:8; Participle נֹדֵד Jeremiah 49:5 +; feminine נוֺדֶ֫דֶת Proverbs 27:8; plural נֹדְדִים Hosea 9:17; — 1 retreat, flee Isaiah 21:15 from before (מִמְּנֵי) swords; 33:3 at the sound (מִקּוֺל) of tumult; absolute 10:31; 22:3; Psalm 68:13 (twice in verse), of birds and beasts Jeremiah 4:25; 9:9 (+ הָלָ֑כוּ); participle= fugitive Isaiah 16:3; 21:14; of fleeing in horror, disgust, with מִן person Nahum 3:7; Psalm 31:12. 2 flee, depart, Israel from ׳י (מִןׅ Hosea 7:13; of sleep (מֵעֵינַי) Genesis 31:40 (E), absolute Esther 6:1. 3 wander, stray (homeless, compare נוד), נוֺדֵד עוֺף Isaiah 16:2 (in simile), so Proverbs 27:8 (מִן local, in simile), compare 27:8 (מִן local); of scattered Israel Hosea 9:17; Jeremiah 49:5; (searching) for food Job 15:23 (wicked man); נְדֹד אַרְתִיק Psalm 55:8 I will wander afar. 4 transitive flutter wings (of bird, in figure) Isaiah 10:14. Po`el Perfect consecutive וְנֹדַ֔ד זָָֽרְחָה שֶׁמֶשׁ Nahum 3:17 the sun hath arisen and it ( the locust swarm) fleeth away. Hiph`il chase away, Imperfect3masculine plural suffix יְנִדֻּ֑הוּ וּמִתֵּבֵל Job 18:18 (of wicked, "" מֵאוֺר יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ). Hoph`al be chased away, Imperfect3masculine singular כְּחֶזְיוֺן וְיֻדַּד Job 20:8 (of wicked); מֻנָֿד קוֺץ 2 Samuel 23:6 thorns thrust away (si vera lectio, compare Dr.; Klo Bu HPS ׳ק מִדְבָּר). Hithpo`el. Imperfect יִתְנוֺדְדוּ Psalm 64:9 flee away (in horror, disgust, compare Qal Nahum 3:7; Psalm 31:12). [נְדַד] verb flee (see Biblical Hebrew I. נדד); — Pe`al Perfect3feminine singular עֲלוֺהִי נַדַּת שִׁנְּתֵהּ (K§ 46, Beisp. a)) Daniel 6:19. |
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