Lexical Definition

‎שָׁדַד‎ shâdad (shaw-dad') to ruin ^H:V
a primitive root

dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), [idiom] utterly, (lay) waste.

• properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable)
• by implication, to ravage

1) to deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin, destroy, spoil
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to violently destroy, devastate, despoil, assail
1a2) devastator, despoiler (participle) (subst)
1b) (Niphal) to be utterly ruined
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to assault
1c2) to devastate
1d) (Pual) to be devastated
1e) (Poel) to violently destroy
1f) (Hophal) to be devastated

See Greek: ἀπόλλυμι · ἀπώλεια · ἀτιμάζω · διώκω · ἐξολοθρεύω · καταστροφή · λῃστής · ὄλεθρος · ὀλοθρεύω · ταλαιπωρέω · ταλαίπωρος

Extended Information

• Also means: shud (‎ש‎ׁ‎ו‎ּ‎ד‎ "to waste" שׁוּד)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שָׁדַד‎]₅₆ verb deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin (Late Hebrew id., Niph`al; Arabic stop up, obstruct, arrest, make firm; Ethiopic expel; Assyrian šadâdu is draw, drag); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural consecutive ‎וְשָֽׁדְדוּ‎ Ezek 32:12 suffix ‎שַׁדּוּנִי‎ Ps 17:9 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָשׁוּד‎ (metaplastic, compare Ges^{«GKC:67q»§ 67q} Bae) Ps 91:6 suffix ‎יְשָׁדֵּם‎ (Ges^{«GKC:67n»§ 67n}) Prov 11:3 Qr (Kt Perfect ‎ושׁדם‎), ‎יְשָׁדְדֵם‎ Jer 5:6 Imperative masculine plural ‎שָׁדְדו‎ (Ges^{«GKC:67cc»§ 67cc}) Jer 49:28 Infinitive absolute ‎שָׁדוֺד‎ Mic 2:4 construct ‎לִשְׁדוֺד‎ Jer 47:4 (Ges^{«GKC:45g»§ 45g}), compare also ‎שֹׁד‎ Hos 10:14 Participle active ‎שֹׁדֵד‎ Jer 6:26 +,etc.; pass. ‎שָׁדוּד‎ Judg 5:27 +, feminine ‎שְׁדוּדָה‎ Ps 137:8 — violently destory, person, = slay Judg 5:27 (passive), Jer 5:6 (wolf subject; || ‎הִכָּה‎); accusative Philistines Jer 47:4 (|| ‎הִכְרִית‎), vJer 47:4 (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎); = devastate, accusative ‎בָּבֶל‎ (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎) Jer 51:55, compare Ps 137:8 (read probably ‎הַשֹּׁדֵדָה‎ We Du, compare Ew Hi ‎הַשָּׁדוֺדָה‎ see Kö^ii.194); ‎אֶתגְּֿאוֺן מִצְרַיִם‎ Ezek 32:12 (|| ‎נִשְׁמַד‎), compare Hos 10:14, ‎אֶתמַֿרְעִיתָם‎ Jer 25:36 (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎), absolute Isa 21:2 (|| ‎בָּגַד‎), Isa 33:1 (on use of pt see Ges^{«GKC:120b»§ 120b}), pass vIsa 33:1 (|| ‎בָּגַד‎), ‎אַתְּי שָׁדוּד‎ Jer 4:30 (Gf Ba^{NB 179}, but dubious; < Du ‎שְׁדוּדָה‎); = despoil, accusative of person Jer 49:28 = bring person to ruin Mic 2:4 (Infinitive absolute + Niph`al q. v.), Prov 11:3 weaker, assail Ps 17:9 elsewhere Participle active as substantive devastator (despoiler?): of national foes Isa 16:4; Isa 21:2; Isa 33:1; Jer 6:26 + 8 t. Jeremiah; ‎שׁוֺדְדֵי לַיְלָה‎ Obad 1:5 (|| ‎גַּנָּבִים‎) strike out Now GASm; personal foe Job 15:21 representing wicked in general Job 12:6 (|| ‎מַרְגִּיזֵי אֵל‎). Niph`al Perfect 1 plural ‎שָׁדוֺד נְשַׁדֻּנוּ‎ (Ges^{«GKC:67u»§ 67u} Kö^{i. 342 f.}) we are utterly ruined. Pi`el Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎אַלתְּֿשַׁדֵּד רִבְצוֺ‎ Prov 24:15 assault not his dwelling-place (|| ‎אַלאֱֶֿרֹב‎); Participle as substantive ‎מְשַׁדֶּדאָֿב‎ Prov 19:26 he who assaults, maltreats (his) father (|| ‎יַבְרִיחַ אֵם‎). Pu`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎שֻׁדַּד‎ Isa 15:1 +, 3 feminine singular ‎שֻׁדְּדָה‎ Jer 4:20 +, ‎שָׁדְּדָה‎ Nah 3:7 (Ges^{«GKC:52q»§ 52q}), etc.; — be devastated, of city Isa 15:1 (twice in verse); Isa 23:1; Jer 48:1; Jer 49:3; Nah 3:7, country or nation Jer 4:20, compare vJer 4:13; Jer 9:18*; Jer 48:15; Jer 48:20; Jer 49:10, dwellings (‎אֹהֶל‎) Jer 4:20; Jer 10:20, trees Zech 11:2 (strike out Sta^{ZAW 1 (1881), 25}), compare vZech 11:33, stength of ships Isa 23:14, field (by drought) Joel 1:10, crop vJoel 1:10. Po`l. violently destroy: Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יְשֹׁרֵד מַצֵּבוֺתָם‎ Hos 10:2 (|| ‎יַעֲרֹף מִוְבְּחֹתָם‎). Hoph`al Imperfect (or Qal passive Imperfect? compare Ges^{«GKC:53u»§ 53u}) be devastated: 3 masculine singular ‎כָּלמִֿבְצָרֶיךָ יוּשָּׁ֑ד‎ Hos 10:14 (of Ephraim, < We plural ‎יושׁדו‎); 2 masculine singular ‎תּוּשַּׁד‎ Isa 33:1 (subject ‎שׁוֺדֵד‎, see Qal).

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