Lexical Definition

‎גָּדַד‎ gâdad (gaw-dad') to cut ^H:V
a primitive root (compare ‎גּוּד‎)

assemble (selves by troops), gather (selves together, self in troops), cut selves.

• to crowd
• also to gash (as if by pressing into)

1) to penetrate, cut, attack, invade
1a) (Qal) to penetrate, cut into
1b)(Hithpoel)
1b1) to cut oneself
1b2) to gather in troops or crowds

See Greek: θηρεύω · καταλύω · κόπτω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ge.dad (‎ג‎ְּ‎ד‎ַ‎ד‎ "to chop" גְּדַד)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎גָּדַד‎] verb penetrate, cut (Late Hebrew id., cut, cut out, Aramaic ‎גְּדַד‎, , Arabic cut, cut off; Ethiopic in derivatives) —

Qal Imperfect Ps 94:21 ‎יָג֯וֺדּוּ עַלנֶֿפֶשׁ‎ ‎צַדִּיִק‎ they attack (penetrate, make inroads upon) the life of a righteous man (Ol proposes ‎יָגוּרוּ‎ compare Ps 56:7*; Ps 59:4* where, however, Che ‎יגודו‎; si vera lectio, perhaps denominative from ‎גְּדוּד‎ compare Hos 6:9 & below; compare also ‎גוד‎ & Kö^{i. 356}). Hithpo`el Imperfect ‎יִתְגֹּדַד‎ Jer 16:6 2 feminine singular ‎תִּתְגֹּדֲדִי‎ Mic 4:14*, ‎תִּתְגּוֺדָ֑דִי‎ Jer 47:5 plural ‎וַיִּתְגֹּדְדוּ‎ 1Kgs 18:28, ‎יִתְגּוֺדָ֑דוּ‎ Jer 5:7 + Hos 7:11 see below, ‎תִּתְגֹּדְדוּ‎ Deut 14:1 Participle plural ‎מִתְגֹּדְדִים‎ Jer 41:5 —

1. cut oneself, as religious (heathen) practice 1Kgs 18:28 practised also by men of Schechem, etc. in worship of ‎׳‎‎י‎ (late) Jer 41:5 for the dead, forbidden Deut 14:1 ‎לֹא תִתְגֹּדְדוּ‎ ‎וְלאֹ תָשִׂימוּ קָרְחָה בֵּין עֵינֵיכֶם לָמֵת‎, Jer 16:6 compare Jer 47:5 (subject Philistia personified); also for ᵑ0 ‎יִתְגּוֺרָ֖רוּ‎ Hos 7:14 Codd, they cut themselves, ᵐ5 Gr Che RVm, We Now Marti Harper (compare I, II. ‎גּוּר‎).

2. gather in troops, or bands; go in troops or throngs, throng; (denominative from ‎גְּדוּד‎ q. v.) compare ‎תִּתְגֹּדֲדִי‎ ‎בַתגְּֿדוּד‎ Mic 4:14* (addressed to Jerusalem); Jer 5:7 ‎׳‎‎וּבֵית זוֺנָה יִתְגּ‎ and to a harlot's house they throng. **read probably ‎יִתְגֹּרָ֑רוּ‎ ‎ᵐ5‎ Gie Du and others.

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