Lexical Definition

‎נוּד‎ nûwd (nood) to wander ^H:V
a primitive root

bemoan, flee, get, mourn, make to move, take pity, remove, shake, skip for joy, be sorry, vagabond, way, wandering.

• to nod, i.e. waver
• figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear
• also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head in scorn) taunt

1) to shake, waver, wander, move to and fro, flutter, show grief, have compassion on
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to move to and fro, wander (aimlessly), take flight
1a2) to flutter
1a3) to waver, wave, shake
1a4) to show grief
1a4a) to lament, condole, show sympathy
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to cause to wander (aimlessly)
1b2) to make a wagging, wag (with the head)
1c) (Hithpolel)
1c1) to move oneself to and fro, sway, totter
1c2) to shake oneself
1c3) to bemoan oneself

See Greek: ἀπαλλοτριόω · δειλιάω · θρηνέω · κινέω · πενθέω · σαλεύω · στενάζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נוּד‎ verb move to and fro, wander, flutter, shew grief (Late Hebrew id. (rare); Aramaic ‎נוּד‎, shake, move to and fro, be disturbed, agitated; Biblical Aramaic flee (see below); Arabic () waver, totter); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נָד‎ so read for ᵑ0 ‎נֵד‎ Isa 17:11 Ges Hi Ew Di Kit Che^Hpt RV; 3 plural ‎נָ֫דוּ‎ Jer 50:3 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָנוּד‎ 1Kgs 14:15 + 3 t.; 2 masculine singular ‎תָּנוּד‎ Jer 4:1 jussive ‎תָּנֹד‎ Jer 16:5 3 masculine plural ‎וַיָּנֻ֫דוּ‎ Job 42:11 2 masculine plural ‎תָּנֻ֫דוּ‎ Jer 22:10 Imperative feminine singular ‎פָנ֫וּדִי‎ Ps 11:1 Qr (Kt ‎נודו‎); masculine plural ‎נֻ֫דוּ‎ Jer 48:17 + 2 t. Jeremiah; Infinitive ‎לָנוּד‎ Job 2:11 + 2 t.; Participle ‎נָד‎ Gen 4:12; Gen 4:14 —

1. a. move to and fro, wander aimlessly, as fugitive, ‎נָע וָנָד‎ Gen 4:12; Gen 4:14 (J), Jer 4:1 (Gie, as apodosis, so RV; but Ew Hi Gf Che Ke, as protasis, if thou wanderest not [morally], and swearest, etc., — Ew Hi reading with ᵐ5 ‎שׁקוציך‎ ‎מִפִּיךָ וּמִפָּנַי לא תנוד‎; Co strike out vJer 4:1 vJer 4:2); take flight (perhaps metaplastic form of ‎נדד‎ q. v.), ‎נֻסוּ נֻּדוּ מְאֹד‎ Jer 49:30 (on daghesh see Ges^{«GKC:20g»§ 20g}), of harvest Isa 17:21 i.e. be destroyed, in figure (see above); Jer 50:3 (|| ‎הלך‎), vJer 50:8 (followed by ‎מִתּוֺךְ‎; || ‎יצא‎).
b. flutter, of bird Prov 26:2 (|| ‎עוּף‎); figurative of soul Ps 11:1.
c. waver, wave, shake, of reed 1Kgs 14:15 (simile of smitten Israel).

2. shew grief (i. e. by shaking or nodding head), usually followed by ‎ל‎ person:
a. lament for the dead (Josiah) Jer 22:10 (|| ‎בכה‎), for Jerusalem Jer 15:5 (|| ‎חמל‎), Jer 16:5 (|| ‎ספד‎), Isa 51:19 for Nineveh Nah 3:7 Moab Jer 48:17.
b. condole, shew sympathy with Job 2:11; Job 42:11 absolute Ps 69:21*. Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָנִיד‎ Jer 18:16 3 feminine singular suffix ‎תְּנִדֵנִי‎ Ps 36:12* Imperative masculine singular suffix ‎הֲנִידֵ֑מוֺ‎ Ps 59:12* (so read for ᵑ0 ‎הורידמו‎ ᵑ6 Lag^{Proph. Chald, xlviii.} Dr^{2Sam 15:20} compare Che^{critical note} Hup-Now Bae Du); Infinitive ‎לְהָנִיד‎ 2Kgs 21:8 —

1. cause to wander aimlessly, as fugitives, with accusative of person Ps 36:12*; Ps 59:12* (see above), followed by ‎רֶגֶל‎ 2Kgs 21:8.

2. make a wagging, wag with the head, ‎בְּראֹשׁ‎ Jer 18:16. Hoph`al Participle ‎כְּקוֺץ מֻנָֿד‎ 2Sam 23:6 and the worthless, like briers made to flutter (tossed away) are they (text dubious; Klo Bu HPS read ‎מדבר‎). Hithpo`lel Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎וְהִתְנוֺדֲדָה‎ consecutive Isa 24:20 Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תִּתְנוֺדָ֑ד‎ Jer 48:27 Participle ‎מִתְנוֺדֵד‎ Jer 31:18 —

1. move oneself to and fro, sway, totter, Isa 24:20 (of earth).

2. shake oneself, in excitement Jer 48:27 (perhaps of scorn = wag the head, as Hiph`il Jer 18:16 compare Gf RV).

3. bemoan oneself (compare Qal 2), Jer 31:18 (the lament follows in oratio recta [direct speech]).

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