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title: דָּדָה — move slowly · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּדָה (1718), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: move slowly. BDB 1906: vb. move slowly. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּדָה

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«דָּדָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **move slowly** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 1718 · **BDB:** דָּדָה

### Glosses

I (1); I.will.walk.deliberately (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

move slowly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1718/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. move slowly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1718/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. \[move slowly\] (NH Pi. דִּדָּה lead slowly, Hithp. הִדַּדָּה; Aramaic דַּדִּי, אִידַּדִּי; Arabic دأدأ is run quickly (of a camel): on form, cf. Köi 587; SS der. from דאה cf. Sta§ 112 a, 150 a, 129 b, 581 d)— Impf. 1 s. sf. אֲדַדֵּם (so read for MT אֶדַּדֵּם Dy Bi \& Che, cf. his crit. note) lead slowly (in procession) ψ 42:5. Impf. 1 s. אֶדַּדֶּה Is 38:15; also sf. אֶדַּדֵּם ψ 42:5 MT but cf. supr.;—walk deliberately, at ease (De Che Di), or as in procession (Ew), Is 38:15 (cf. Che Di VB).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1718/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 38:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.38.15/)

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מָֽה־אֲדַבֵּ֥ר וְאָֽמַר־לִ֖י וְה֣וּא עָשָׂ֑ה אֶדַּדֶּ֥ה כָל־שְׁנוֹתַ֖י עַל־מַ֥ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* what? will.I.say and he.has.spoken to me and he he.has.acted I.will.walk.deliberately all years my on the.bitterness my.self my

*JPS 1917:* What shall I say? He hath both spoken unto me, and Himself hath done it; I shall go softly all my years for the bitterness of my soul.

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[Psalms 42:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.42.5/)

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אֵ֤לֶּה אֶזְכְּרָ֨ה ׀ וְאֶשְׁפְּכָ֬ה עָלַ֨י ׀ נַפְשִׁ֗י כִּ֤י אֶֽעֱבֹ֨ר ׀ בַּסָּךְ֮ אֶדַּדֵּ֗ם עַד־בֵּ֥ית אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים בְּקוֹל־רִנָּ֥ה וְתוֹדָ֗ה הָמ֥וֹן חוֹגֵֽג׃

*Word for word:* these.\[things\] I.will.remember and I.will.pour.out on myself soul my (dm).that I.passed.on with the crowd I led.them to the.house of.God with.\[the\] sound of.a.shout.of.joy and thanksgiving a.multitude celebrating.a.festival

*JPS 1917:* These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I passed on with the throng, and led them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.

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