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title: מֻרְדָּף — persecution · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֻרְדָּף (4783), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: persecution. BDB 1906: persecution Hoph. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֻרְדָּף

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«מֻרְדָּף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **persecution** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4783 · **BDB:** מֻרְדָּף²

### Glosses

persecution (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

persecution [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4783/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

persecution Hoph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4783/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] persecution (si vera l.) (formed like Hoph. Pt.);—Is 14:6, but 𝔙 𝔙 מְרַדֵּף (Dat.).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֻרְדָּף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4783/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 14:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.6/)

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מַכֶּ֤ה עַמִּים֙ בְּעֶבְרָ֔ה מַכַּ֖ת בִּלְתִּ֣י סָרָ֑ה רֹדֶ֤ה בָאַף֙ גּוֹיִ֔ם מֻרְדָּ֖ף בְּלִ֥י חָשָֽׂךְ׃

*Word for word:* \[which\].struck peoples in wrath a.blow (of).not ceasing \[which\].ruled in anger nations persecution \[which\].not anyone.restrained

*JPS 1917:* That smote the peoples in wrath with an incessant stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.

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