--- title: נָדַד — retreat · The Tanakh dictionary description: נָדַד (5074), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 27 times: retreat. BDB 1906: vb. Poʿal Hithpoʿl Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5074.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504.md)‎ / נָדַד‎ # נָדַד «נָדַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **retreat** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 27 times · **Key:** 5074 · **BDB:** נָדַד ### Glosses they.have.fled (4); they (3); fluttering (2) ### Meaning (OSHB) retreat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5074/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. Poʿal Hithpoʿl Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5074/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. retreat, flee, depart, stray, wander, flutter (NH id.; Arabic نَدَّ flee, run away; Aramaic ܢܰܕ hate, abominate, shrink from, Aph. put to flight, etc.; נְדַד flee);— Pf. 3 fs. נָֽדְדָה Is 10:31 Est 6:1; 3 pl. נָֽדְדוּ Ho 7:13 + 4 times, נָדָ֑דוּ Is 21:15 Je 4:25; Impf. יִדּוֹד Na 3:7; 3 fs. וַתִּדַּד Gn 31:40; 3 mpl. יִדֹּדוּן ψ 68:13(×2); Inf. cstr. נְדֹד ψ 55:8; Pt. נֹדֵד Je 49:5 +; f. נוֹדֶ֫דֶת Pr 27:8; pl. נֹדְדִים Ho 9:17;— retreat, flee Is 21:15 from before (מִפְּנֵי) swords; 33:3 at the sound (מִקּוֹל) of tumult; abs. 10:31; 22:3 ψ 68:13(×2), of birds and beasts Je 4:25; 9:9 (+ הָלָ֑כוּ); pt. = fugitive Is 16:3; 21:14; of fleeing in horror, disgust, c. מִן pers. Na 3:7 ψ 31:12. flee, depart, Isr. from (מִן) י׳ Ho 7:13; of sleep (מֵעֵינַי) Gn 31:40 (E), abs. Est 6:1. wander, stray (homeless, cf. נוד), עוֹף נוֹדֵד Is 16:2 (in sim.), so Pr 27:8 (מִן loc., in sim.), cf. v 8 (מִן loc.); of scattered Isr. Ho 9:17 Je 49:5; (searching) for food Jb 15:23 (wicked man); אַרְחִיק נְדֹד ψ 55:8 I will wander afar. trans. flutter wings (of bird, in fig.) Is 10:14. Poʿal Pf. consec. שֶׁמֶשׁ זָֽרְחָה וְנֹדַד Na 3:17 the sun hath arisen and it (the locust swarm) is chased away. chase away, Impf. 3 mpl. sf. וּמִתֵּבֵל יְנִדֻּ֑הוּ Jb 18:18 (of wicked, ‖ יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ מֵאוֹר). be chased away, Impf. 3 ms. וְיֻדַּד כְּחֶזְיוֹן Jb 20:8 (of wicked); קוֹץ מֻנָֿד 2 S 23:6 thorns thrust away (si vera l., cf. Dr.; Klo Bu HPS ק׳ מִדְבָּר). Hithpoʿl Impf. יִתְנוֹדְדוּ ψ 64:9 flee away (in horror, disgust, cf. Qal Na 3:7 ψ 31:12). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «נָדַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5074/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Isaiah 10:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.31/) נָדְדָ֖ה מַדְמֵנָ֑ה יֹשְׁבֵ֥י הַגֵּבִ֖ים הֵעִֽיזוּ׃ *Word for word:* it.has.fled Madmenah the.inhabitants of.(the) Gebim they.have.brought.to.safety *JPS 1917:* Madmenah is in mad flight; the inhabitants of Gebim flee to cover. [Psalms 55:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.55.8/) הִ֭נֵּה אַרְחִ֣יק נְדֹ֑ד אָלִ֖ין בַּמִּדְבָּ֣ר סֶֽלָה׃ *Word for word:* here! I.want.to.be.far.away to.flee I.want.to.lodge in the wilderness Selah *JPS 1917:* Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. - ← previous: [נְדַבְיָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5072.md) - next →: [נְדֻדִים](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5076.md) - ↑ back to [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504.md)