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title: הָדַף — thrust · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הָדַף (1920), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: thrust. BDB 1906: vb. thrust, push, drive. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הָדַף

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«הָדַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thrust** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 1920 · **BDB:** הָדַף

### Glosses

he (4); I (1); drive (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thrust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1920/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. thrust, push, drive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1920/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. thrust, push, drive (הֲדַף in 𝔗; Arabic هَدَفَ is ingressus ad aliquem fuit, propinquus fuit, also of time prope accessit)— Pf. 3 ms. sf. הֲדָפוֹ Nu 35:22 Je 46:15; 1 s. sf. וַהֲדַפְתִּיךָ consec. Is 22:19; Impf. 3 ms. יֶהְדֹּף Pr 10:3; sf. 3 ms. יֶהְדֳּפֶנּוּ Nu 35:20; sf. 3 mpl. יֶהְדֳּפֵם Jos 23:5; 3 mpl. sf. יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ Jb 18:18; 2 mpl. תֶּהְדֹּ֑פוּ Ez 34:21; Inf. הֲדֹף Dt 6:19; 9:4; sf. הָדְפָהּ 2 K 4:27;— thrust, push, subj. man, sq. acc. Nu 35:20, 22 (here fatally); subj. cattle, fig. of men, Ez 34:21 (instr. בְּכָתֵף; ‖ נָגַח); push away 2 K 4:27 (Gehazi, the Shunammite); thrust away (from oneself) fig. = reject, הַוַּת רְשָׁעִים Pr 10:3 (subj. י׳). thrust out, drive out, sq. מִן of place whence \& acc. pers.; of י׳ driving out enemies of Isr. from Canaan Dt 6:19; 9:4 Jos 23:5; cf. also indef. subj. יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ מֵאוֹר אֶל־חֹשֶׁךְ Jb 18:18 (‖ וּמִתֵּבֵל יְנִדֻּהוּ); \& Je 46:15 (where no pl. whence). Hence = depose Is 22:19 of י׳ deposing Shebna (sq. מִן of station).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הָדַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1920/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 10:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.3/)

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לֹֽא־יַרְעִ֣יב יְ֭הוָה נֶ֣פֶשׁ צַדִּ֑יק וְהַוַּ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים יֶהְדֹּֽף׃

*Word for word:* not he.allows.to.hunger Yahweh \[the\].appetite of.\[the\].righteous and.\[the\] desire of.wicked.\[people\] he.rejects

*JPS 1917:* The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; but He thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.

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[Jeremiah 46:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.46.15/)

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מַדּ֖וּעַ נִסְחַ֣ף אַבִּירֶ֑יךָ לֹ֣א עָמַ֔ד כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה הֲדָפֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* why? will.he.be.prostrated your.mighty \[ones\] not he.will.stand (dm) Yahweh he will.drive.him.out

*JPS 1917:* Why is thy strong one overthrown? He stood not, because the LORD did thrust him down.

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