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title: רוּד — wander restlessly · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רוּד (7300), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: wander restlessly. BDB 1906: vb. wander restlessly, roam Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רוּד

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«רוּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wander restlessly** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 7300 · **BDB:** רוּד

### Glosses

I.am.restless (1); it.has.roamed.freely (1); we.have.roamed.freely (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wander restlessly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7300/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. wander restlessly, roam Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7300/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. wander restlessly, roam (cf.Arabic رَادَ (و) go to and fro \[NöZMG xxxvii (1883), 539\], Ethiopic ሮደ: run upon, invade, attack);— Pf. 3 ms. עֹד רָד עִם אֵל Ho 12:1, fig., crpt., 𝔊 appar. עַתָּ יְדָעָם, We עִדַר דַּעַת lacks, knowledge, Now יָדֻעַ, BewerJBL xxi (1902), 108 f. עֹד יְדָעָם; 1 pl. רַדְנוּ Je 2:31 fig. of Isr.; read וְרַדְתִּי perhaps Ju 11:37 lit., v. ירד 1 g. Hiph. shew restlessness: Impf. 2 ms. כַּאֲשֶׁר תָּרִיד Gn 27:40 (dub. Nö l.c. 540); 1 s. אָרִיד בְּשִׂיהִי ψ 55:3 I shew restlessness (?) in my murmuring.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רוּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7300/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 55:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.55.3/)

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הַקְשִׁ֣יבָה לִּ֣י וַעֲנֵ֑נִי אָרִ֖יד בְּשִׂיחִ֣י וְאָהִֽימָה׃

*Word for word:* pay attention to me and answer me I.am.restless in complaint my and I.am.distraught

*JPS 1917:* Attend unto me, and hear me; I am distraught in my complaint, and will moan;

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[Hosea 12:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.12.1/)

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סְבָבֻ֤נִי בְכַ֙חַשׁ֙ אֶפְרַ֔יִם וּבְמִרְמָ֖ה בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וִֽיהוּדָ֗ה עֹ֥ד רָד֙ עִם־אֵ֔ל וְעִם־קְדוֹשִׁ֖ים נֶאֱמָֽן׃

*Word for word:* they have.surrounded.me with lying Ephraim and with deceit the.house of.Israel and Judah still it.has.roamed.freely with God and with \[the\].holy.\[one(s)\] \[it.is\].faithful

*JPS 1917:* Ephraim compasseth Me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit; and Judah is yet wayward towards God, and towards the Holy One who is faithful.

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