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title: טָרַד — pursue · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טָרַד (2956), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: pursue. BDB 1906: vb. pursue, chase, be continuous. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טָרַד

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«טָרַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pursue** — 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:** 2956 · **BDB:** טָרַד

### Glosses

continual (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pursue [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2956/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. pursue, chase, be continuous [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2956/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. pursue, chase, be continuous (Arabic طَرَدَ pursue; ii. prolong one’s voice; viii. continue uninterruptedly; Assyrian ṭarâdu, drive away COTGloss, so Aramaic ܛܪܰܕ, טְרַד)—only Pt. act. וְדֶלֶף טֹרֵד Pr 19:13 a continuous dripping, dropping, i.e. one in which one drop pursues another; so ד׳ טוֹרֵד 27:15; in both sim. of a contentious woman.

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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 (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 «טָרַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2956/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 27:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.15/)

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דֶּ֣לֶף ט֭וֹרֵד בְּי֣וֹם סַגְרִ֑יר וְאֵ֥שֶׁת מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים נִשְׁתָּוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* a.dripping continual on a.day of.persistent.rain and a.wife of.contentions she.is.like

*JPS 1917:* A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike;

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[Proverbs 19:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.19.13/)

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הַוֺּ֣ת לְ֭אָבִיו בֵּ֣ן כְּסִ֑יל וְדֶ֥לֶף טֹ֝רֵ֗ד מִדְיְנֵ֥י אִשָּֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].destruction(s) to father his a.son a.fool and.\[are\] a.dripping continual \[the\].contentions of.a.wife

*JPS 1917:* A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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