H7323. ruts

רוּץ‎ verb run (Late Hebrew id. (rare); Ethiopic , Zinjirli Perfect1singular רצת‎; = Aramaic רְהַט‎; (W^{SG 47}); compare Assyrian râƒu, be helpful (i.e. run to help?)); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular רָץ‎ Genesis 18:7; 2masculine singular רַצְתָּה‎ Jeremiah 12:5, etc.; Imperfect יָרוּץ‎ Habakkuk 2:2 +, יָרֻץ‎ Job 16:14, וַיָּ֫רָץ‎ Genesis 18:2 +, וַיָּר֑ץ‎ 2 Samuel 18:21.; 1singular suffix ארוצם‎ Jeremiah 50:44 Kt (but < Qr. Hiph`il, see below), etc. [see also רצץ‎]; Imperative masculine singular רוּץ‎ 2 Samuel 18:23; 2 Kings 4:26, רֻץ‎ 1 Samuel 20:36; Zechariah 2:8; Infinitive construct לָרוּץ‎ 1 Samuel 20:6 +; Participle רָץ‎ 2 Samuel 18:22 +, plural רָצִים‎ 1 Samuel 22:17 +, רָצִין‎ 2 Kings 11:13 (Ges^{§ 87e}); —

1 run, with אֶל‎ location Genesis 18:7; 24:20 (both J), Numbers 17:12 (P), אֶל‎ person Genesis 24:29 (J; + ה‎ locative), 1 Samuel 3:5; Isaiah 55:5 (figurative), with hostility, against, Job 15:26 (figurative), so goat against ram Daniel 8:6, עַל‎ person, against Job 16:14; ה‎ locative also Joshua 7:22, לְבֵיתוֺ‎ Haggai 1:9, לָרַע‎ Isaiah 59:7; Proverbs 1:16; accusative of location 1 Samuel 20:6; 17:22, 48 (+ לִקְרַאת‎); ב‎ location on (ב‎ II.

2), of horses Amos 6:12, locusts Joel 2:9; into Proverbs 18:10 (figurative); מִן‎ local 1 Samuel 4:12, so ᵑ0‎ 2 Kings 23:12 (= he went quickly thence, but text perhaps corrupt, see Kit Benz, and compare

Hiph`il below); אַחֲרֵי‎ person 2 Samuel 18:22; 1 Kings 19:20; 2 Kings 5:20-21, Song of Solomon 1:4, עַד‎ person 2 Kings 4:22; לִפְנֵי‎ person 2 Samuel 15:1; 1 Kings 1:5 (both of royal escort, out-runners), 18:46 (+ עַד‎ location), לִפְנֵי‎ of thing 1 Samuel 8:11; אֵת‎ person accompare Jeremiah 12:5; with accusative of way, אֹרַֹח‎ Psalm 19:6, דֶּרֶךְ‎ 2 Samuel 18:23; Psalm 119:132 (figurative); as preliminary, + infinitive לִקְרַאת‎ run to meet Genesis 18:2; 24:17; 29:13; 33:4 (all J), 2 Kings 4:26; Jeremiah 51:31, + finite verb Genesis 24:28; 29:12 (both J), Numbers 11:27; Joshua 8:19 (both J E), Judges 7:21; 13:10; 1 Samuel 10:23; 17:51; 2 Samuel 18:19; Psalm 59:5; as imperative + imperative 1 Samuel 20:36; Zechariah 2:8; absolute 1 Samuel 20:36; Isaiah 40:31; 2 Chronicles 23:12 (see 2a), Proverbs 4:12; 6:18 (of feet), of locusts Joel 2:4, 7; specifically, run as messenger 2 Samuel 18:21-22, 23 (twice in verse); 18:24, 26 (twice in verse), figurative of prophet's activity Jeremiah 23:21, of ׳י‎s word Psalm 147:15; figurative of reading smoothly, בוֺ קוֺרֵא יָרוּץ‎ Habakkuk 2:2. — Psalm 18:30 = 2 Samuel 22:30 read אָרֹץ‎ (for אָרוּץ אָרֻץ,‎), √רצץ‎ Ew Ol Che Bae and others

2 Participle as substantive:

a. plural הָרָצִים‎ the runners properly out-runners, as royal escort, compare verb 2 Samuel 15:1; 1 Kings 1:5; then) of royal body-guard 1 Samuel 22:17; 1 Kings 14:27-28, (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 12:10; 12:11; 12:28, 2 Kings 10:25 (twice in verse); 11:4, 6, 11, 19 (twice in verse). — (הָעָםׅ הָרָצִין‎ 11:13 is gloss (Kit Benz; whence [easier] הָרָצִים הָעָם‎2 Chronicles 23:12 see 1). — Proverbs 29:6 for יָרֻן‎ Pinsk Toy favour יָרוּץ‎.

b. runner = (royal messenger, post, late), רָץ‎ Jeremiah 51:31 (twice in verse) ("" מַגִּיד‎), compare Job 9:25 (as swift); הָרָצִים‎2 Chronicles 30:6, 10; Esther 3:13, 15, riders ׳הָר בַּסּוּסִים‎ 8:10, ׳הָר הָרֶכֶשׁ רֹבֵי‎ 8:14.

Po`lel Imperfect3masculine plural יְרוֺצֵ֑צוּ‎ Nahum 2:5 they run swiftly, dart (like lightning; of chariots).

Hiph`il cause to run:

1 bring, or move, quickly, Imperfect3masculine plural suffix מִן וַיְרִיצֻהוּ,‎ local Genesis 41:14 (E), read perhaps also 3 masculine singular וַיָּרֶץ‎ 2 Kings 23:12 (accusative omitted; for וַיָּרָץ ᵑ0‎ see

Qal); ל‎ person, accusative of thing omitted וַיָּרִיצוּ‎2 Chronicles 35:13; Imperative masculine singular הָרֵץ‎ 1 Samuel 17:17 (+ accusative of location, ל‎ person); Imperfect3feminine singular יָדָיו תָּרִיץ‎ Psalm 68:32 quickly stretch out hands, לֵאלֹהִים‎ (namely, with offerings).

2 with מֵעַל‎ = drive away from, 1 singular, suffix 3 masculine singular, אֲרִיצֶנּוּ‎ Jeremiah 49:19, so read probably also in "" 50:44 (Qr אֲרִיצֵם‎, > Kt ארוצם‎).