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title: רָדָה — have dominion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָדָה (7287), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: have dominion. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָדָה

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«רָדָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **have dominion** — 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:** 23 times · **Key:** 7287 · **BDB:** רָדָה

### Glosses

ruled (3); he (2); rule (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

have dominion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7287/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7287/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. have dominion, rule, dominate (NH רָדָה, 𝔗Jon רְדָא, chastise; Arabic رَدَى tread, trample; Syriac ܪܕܳܐ chastise, also (and so Assyrian radû) go, flow);— Pf. 3 pl. consec. וְרָדוּ Is 14:2; Lv 26:17; 2 mpl. רְדִיתֶם Ez 34:4; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יִרְדֶּנּוּ Lv 25:53, וַיִּרְדֶּ֑נָּה La 1:13, juss. וְיֵרְדְּ Nu 24:19 ψ 72:8; 2 ms. תִּרְדֶּה Lv 25:43, 46, etc.; Imv. ms. רְדֵה ψ 110:2; mpl. רְדוּ Gn 1:28; (Jo 4:13 v. ירד); Inf. cstr. רְדוֹת Ez 29:15; Pt. רֹדֶה 1 K 5:4; Is 14:6; sf. רִדֵם ψ 68:28; pl. הָרֹרִים 1 K 5:30 + 2 times;—have dominion, rule, over, usually c. ב pers. vel pop. 1 K 5:4, 30; 9:23 = 2 Ch 8:10; Is 14:2; Lv 25:43, 46, 53; 26:17; Ez 29:15; Ne 9:28 ψ 49:15; ב of fish, etc., Gn 1:26, 28; בְּקֶרֶב ψ 110:2; c. acc. pers. Ez 34:4; Is 14:6 (perhaps + acc. cogn., v. \[מִרְדָּה\] infr.); acc. om. Nu 24:19 (מִיַּעֲקֹב), Je 5:31 (+ עַל־יְדֵיהֶם, v. יָד 5 h (2); vid. also ingenious conj. sub II. רדה; but יוֹרוּ teach), ψ 72:8; for וַיִּרְדֶּנָּה La 1:13 and it (the fire) prevailed against them (my bones), read perhaps יָרָ֑דָה into my bones it descended (Bu).—רֹדֵם ψ 68:28 is dub.; Grill Hup-Now Che Du קִדֵּם. יְרַד Ju 5:13(×2) v. יָרַד. Impf. 3 ms. וּמְלָכִים יַרְדְּ Is 41:2 and kings he causeth (him) to dominate; but apoc. form strange, read יָרֹד (√ רדד q.v.) Ew Di Du; יַחֲרִד 𝔊 Klo Che.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7287/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 24:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.19/)

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וְיֵ֖רְדְּ מִֽיַּעֲקֹ֑ב וְהֶֽאֱבִ֥יד שָׂרִ֖יד מֵעִֽיר׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.rule from Jacob and he.will.destroy \[the\].survivor\[s\] of a.city

*JPS 1917:* And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city.

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[Leviticus 25:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.43/)

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לֹא־תִרְדֶּ֥ה ב֖וֹ בְּפָ֑רֶךְ וְיָרֵ֖אתָ מֵאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* not you.will.rule over him with harshness and you.will.fear from God your

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

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