Lexical Definition

‎בָּדַד‎ bâdad (baw-dad') be alone ^H:V
a primitive root

alone.

• to divide, i.e. (reflex.) be solitary

1) to withdraw, be separate, be isolated
1a) (Qal) an army straggler (part.)
1a1) of Ephraim (metaph.)
2) (TWOT) alone

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎בָּדַד‎] verb be separate, isolated (Arabic cause to withdraw; II. separate, disunite, Gen 11:8 Saad; IV. divide into parts; x. go alone, act independently), only Participle ‎בּוֺדֵד‎ Isa 14:31 (of straggler in army), Hos 8:9 ‎פֶּרֶא בוֺדֵד לוֺ‎ a wild-ass (simile of Ephraim) going alone for itself (i.e. willfully: see below ‎לְ‎), Ps 102:8* (of bird sitting solitarily).

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