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title: קָדַד — bow down · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָדַד (6915), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: bow down. BDB 1906: vb. bow down. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָדַד

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«קָדַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bow down** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 6915 · **BDB:** קָדַד

### Glosses

he.bowed.low (6); they.bowed.low (5); she.bowed.low (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bow down [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6915/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. bow down [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6915/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. bow down (Assyrian (including TelAm.) ḳadâdu, bow down);— Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּקֹּד Gn 24:26 +, etc.;—usually + וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ etc.; in worship of י׳ Gn 24:26, 48; Ex 4:31; 12:27; 34:8; Nu 22:31; 2 Ch 20:18; 29:30; Ne 8:6; homage to man of rank Gn 43:28, king 1 S 24:9 (Gi v 8), 28:14; 1 K 1:16, 31; to י׳ + king 1 Ch 29:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָדַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6915/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 24:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.26/)

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וַיִּקֹּ֣ד הָאִ֔ישׁ וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ לַֽיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.bowed.low the man and he.bowed.down to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And the man bowed his head, and prostrated himself before the LORD.

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[Exodus 34:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.34.8/)

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וַיְמַהֵ֖ר מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיִּקֹּ֥ד אַ֖רְצָה וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.hurried Moses and he.bowed.low ground to.\[the\] and he.bowed.down

*JPS 1917:* And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.

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