Lexical Definition

‎נָדַד‎ nâdad (naw-dad') to wander ^H:V
a primitive root

chase (away), [idiom] could not, depart, flee ([idiom] apace, away), (re-) move, thrust away, wander (abroad, -er, -ing).

• properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down)
• figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away

1) to retreat, flee, depart, move, wander abroad, stray, flutter
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to retreat, flee
1a2) to flee, depart
1a3) to wander, stray
1a4) to flutter (of birds)
1b) (Poal) to flee away, be chased
1c) (Hiphil) to chase away
1d) (Hophal) to be chased away
1e) (Hithpolel) to flee away

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Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ne.dad (‎נ‎ְ‎ד‎ַ‎ד‎ "to flee" נְדַד)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: נְדַד
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 Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎נָָֽדְדָה‎ Isa 10:31; Esth 6:1 3 plural ‎נָָֽדְדוּ‎ Hos 7:13 + 4 t., ‎נָדָ֑דוּ‎ Isa 21:15; Jer 4:25 Imperfect ‎יִדּוֺד‎ Nah 3:7 3 feminine singular ‎וַתִּדֹּד‎ Gen 31:40 3 masculine plural ‎יִדֹּדוּן‎ Ps 68:13* (twice in verse); Infinitive construct ‎נְדֹד‎ Ps 55:8* Participle ‎נֹדֵד‎ Jer 49:5 +; feminine ‎נוֺדֶ֫דֶת‎ Prov 27:8 plural ‎נֹדְדִים‎ Hos 9:17 —

1. retreat, flee Isa 21:15 from before (‎מִפְּנֵי‎) swords; Isa 33:3 at the sound (‎מִקּוֺל‎) of tumult; absolute Isa 10:31; Isa 22:3; Ps 68:13* (twice in verse), of birds and beasts Jer 4:25; Jer 9:9* (+ ‎הָלָ֑כוּ‎); participle= fugitive Isa 16:3; Isa 21:14 of fleeing in horror, disgust, with ‎מִן‎ person Nah 3:7; Ps 31:12*.

2. flee, depart, Israel from ‎(מִןׅ‎ ‎׳‎‎י‎ Hos 7:13 of sleep (‎מֵעֵינַי‎) Gen 31:40 (E), absolute Esth 6:1.

3. wander, stray (homeless, compare ‎נוד‎), ‎עוֺף נוֺדֵד‎ Isa 16:2 (in simile), so Prov 27:8 (‎מִן‎ local, in simile), compare vProv 27:8 (‎מִן‎ local); of scattered Israel Hos 9:17; Jer 49:5 (searching) for food Job 15:23 (wicked man); ‎אַרְתִיק נְדֹד‎ Ps 55:8* I will wander afar.

4. transitive flutter wings (of bird, in figure) Isa 10:14. Po`el Perfect consecutive ‎שֶׁמֶשׁ זָָֽרְחָה וְנֹדַ֔ד‎ Nah 3:17 the sun hath arisen and it ( the locust swarm) fleeth away. Hiph`il chase away, Imperfect 3 masculine plural suffix ‎וּמִתֵּבֵל יְנִדֻּ֑הוּ‎ Job 18:18 (of wicked, || ‎יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ מֵאוֺר‎). Hoph`al be chased away, Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וְיֻדַּד כְּחֶזְיוֺן‎ Job 20:8 (of wicked); ‎קוֺץ מֻנָֿד‎ 2Sam 23:6 thorns thrust away (si vera lectio, compare Dr.; Klo Bu HPS ‎מִדְבָּר‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎). Hithpo`el. Imperfect ‎יִתְנוֺדְדוּ‎ Ps 64:9* flee away (in horror, disgust, compare Qal Nah 3:7; Ps 31:12*).

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