BDB7775 H7291
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רָדַף141 verb pursue, chase, persecute (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic רְדַף, ; Arabic ; Sabean רדף id., SabDenkmNo. 7, 1. 2); — Qal128 Perfect 3 masculine singular
׳ר Judg 4:16 +; 1 singular
וְרָדַפְתִּ֫י Jer 29:18, etc.;
Imperfect יִרְדֹּף Deut 19:6 +,
ִירַדֹּף Ps 7:6 (apparently to give choice of Qal or Pi, Ki JHMich Bae and others; Ges«GKC:63n»§ 63n explanation as developed from יִרֲדֹף, compare Ol§ 236 e, and, further, Köi. 160), suffix יִרְ דְָּפֶ֑ךָ Ezek 35:6 (twice in verse), etc.; Imperative masculine singular רְדֹף Gen 44:4 +, suffix רָדְפֵהוּ Ps 34:15 masculine plural רִדְפוּ Judg 3:28 +; Infinitive construct רָדְפִף Josh 8:16 +, מִרְדֹף 1Sam 23:28; 2Sam 18:16, suffix רָדְפִי Ps 38:21 Qr, רדופי Kt, etc.; Participle רֹדֵף Judg 4:22 +, plural רֹדְפִים Judg 8:4 +; — 1. a. pursue (sometimes +
הִשִּׂיג): literal with
אַחֲרֵי person, in order to overtake
Gen 44:4 (
J),
2Kgs 5:21 especially with hostile purpose
Gen 31:23 (+
הִדְבִּיק),
Gen 35:5;
Josh 24:6 (all
E),
Josh 2:5;
Josh 2:7 (twice in verse);
Josh 8:16 (twice in verse);
Josh 8:17;
Josh 10:19 (
JE),
Deut 11:4;
Deut 19:6;
Josh 20:5 (all
D),
Exod 14:4;
Exod 14:8;
Exod 14:9 (
P),
Judg 1:6;
2Sam 20:6;
2Sam 20:7;
2Sam 20:10;
2Sam 20:13;
2Kgs 9:27 + 17 t., +
2Kgs 25:5 (
אַחַר), +
Judg 4:16 (
אַחֲרֵי הָרֶכֶב); +
רִדְפוּ אַחֲרֵי Judg 3:28 =
follow me (as leader; but this meaning not elsewhere; read
רְדוּ ᵐ5 Kit GFM).
b. literal, with accusative of person,
put to flight, chase (defeated foe; sometimes with
הִשִּׁיג):
Amos 1:11;
Hos 8:3;
Deut 32:30 (poem; ||
הֵנִיס),
Deut 28:22;
Deut 28:45;
Josh 23:10 (
D),
Lev 26:8 (twice in verse) (
H);
וְרָדַף אֹתָם קוֺל עָלֶה נִדָּף v
Lev 26:36 a (
H);
Josh 7:5;
Josh 8:24;
Josh 10:10;
Josh 11:8 (all
J E),
Gen 14:15;
Deut 1:44;
Judg 4:22;
Isa 41:3 + 13 t. +
Judg 7:25 (read
אֶתֿ for
אֶלֿ,
ᵐ5 ᵑ9 ᵑ7 GFM Bu Now).
c. literal, accusative omitted
Judg 8:4;
1Sam 30:8 (+
הִשִּׂיג), v
1Sam 30:10;
Gen 14:14;
Exod 14:23 (
P),
Exod 15:9 (poem; +
הִשִּׂיג),
Lev 26:36 b. 37 (
H),
Prov 28:1 especially participle plural
׳הָר the pursuers Josh 2:16 (twice in verse);
Josh 2:22 (twice in verse);
Neh 9:11;
Isa 30:16, so
הָרֹדֵף Josh 8:20;
Lam 1:6.
d. chase, hunt, partridge (
קֹרֵא)
1Sam 26:20 (in simile; ||
בִּקֵּשׁ).
e. pursue, in figure,
Jer 20:11;
Lam 4:19,
רִדְפוּ וְתִפְשׂוּהוּ Ps 71:11, compare
Lam 1:3;
Ps 7:6 (+
הִשִּׂיג; see above); especially subject
׳י,
pursue (figurative of punishment, judgment), with accusative of person
Jer 29:18 (
בַּחֶרֶב),
Lam 3:43 and (
בְּאַף) v
Lam 3:66,
Ps 83:16 (
בְּסַעֲרֶ֑ךָ);
אֶתקַֿשׁ יָבֵשׁ תִּרְדֹּף Job 13:25 (||
תַּעַרוֺץ);
רֹדְפָם, of
׳מַלְאַךְ י,
Ps 35:6.
feminine figurative
persecute, harass, with accusative of person
Deut 30:7;
Job 19:22 (
כְּמוֺאֵֿל),
Ps 69:27;
Ps 109:16;
Ps 119:86;
Ps 119:161 with accusative
נַפְשִׁי Ps 143:3, with accusative
נֲדִבָתִי Job 30:15 (but subject obscure; read perhaps
תֵּרָדֵף Bu;
Du תִּנָּדֵף); with
ל person
Job 19:28 participle as substantive
Jer 15:15;
Jer 17:18;
Ps 7:2;
Ps 31:16 (||
אוֺיְבַי;
We מְרַדְּפָ֑י for
וַרֹדְפָ֑י),
Ps 35:3;
Ps 119:84;
Ps 119:157 (+
צָרַי),
Ps 142:7.
g. pursue, dog, subject
דָּם, with accusative of person
Ezek 35:6 (twice in verse) (del v
a ᵐ5 Co Toy
Krae); in good sense,
attend closely upon,
טוֺב וָחֶסֶד יִרְדְּפוּנִי Ps 23:6.
2. figurative
follow after, aim to secure: in bad sense, with accusative
שַׁלְמֹנִים Isa 1:23,
שֵׁכָר Isa 5:11,
קָדִים ׳ר Hos 12:2,
רֹדְפֵי זִמָּה Ps 119:150 good sense, with infinitive
׳לְדַעַת אֶתיֿ Hos 6:3, with accusative
צֶדֶק Deut 16:20;
Isa 51:1 (||
׳מְבַקְשֵׁי י),
צְדָקָה וָחָ֑סֶד Prov 21:21,
שָׁלוֺם Ps 34:15 (||
בַּוֵּשׁ),
טוֺב Ps 38:21.
Niph`al passive:
Perfect 1 plural
עַלצַֿוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּ֑פְנוּ Lam 5:5 upon our neck (i.e. closely)
we are pursued (improbable, compare
Bu); perhaps
Imperfect 3 feminine singular
תֵּרָדֵף Job 30:15 Bu (for
תִּרְדֹּף);
Participle ׳א יְבַקֵּשׁ אֶתנִֿרְדָּ֑ף Eccl 3:15 God seeketh the pursued (i.e. what has disappeared, is past, but dubious).
Pi`el Perfect 3 feminine singular consecutive
וְרִדְּפָה Hos 2:9 Imperfect 3 masculine singular
יְרַדֶּףֿ Nah 1:8 (
Ps 7:6 see
Qal); 3 feminine singular
תְּרַדֵּף Prov 13:21 Participle מְרֵדֵּףֿ Prov 11:19 +; —
pursue ardently, with accusative of person
Hos 2:9 (in figurative); figurative also
חשֶׁךְ ׳יְר Nah 1:8 (
GunkZAW xiii (1893), 230, plausibly,
יֶהְדֹּף), compare
Prov 13:31 elsewhere participle, in Proverbs:
aim (eagerly) to secure, with accusative
רָעָה Prov 11:19,
רֵיקִים Prov 12:11;
Prov 28:19,
אֲמָרִים Prov 19:7 (meaning dubious, see Toy); in good sense,
צְדָקָה Prov 15:9.
Pu`al Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive
וְרֻדַּף כְמֹץ הָרִים Isa 17:13 it shall be chased away like chaff of the mountains (||
וְנָס).
Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix
הִרְּדִיפֻהוּ Judg 20:43 usually
they chased him (Benjamin, collective), but strange after
כִתְּרוּ surrounded (still stranger after
כתתו or
כרתו ᵐ5), and why Hiph`il?
GFM conjecture dittograph of
הִדְרִיכֻהוּ following; the reverse conjectured by
Bu Now.
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מֻרְדָּף noun [masculine] persecution (si vera lectio) (formed like Hoph`al Participle); — Isa 14:6, but ᵑ7 Thes and most מִרְדַּת q. v.