--- title: רוּץ — run · The Tanakh dictionary description: רוּץ (7323), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 103 times: run. BDB 1906: vb. Hiph. Pōʿlēl Qal. 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Pōʿlēl Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7323/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. run (NH id. (rare); Ethiopic ሮጸ Zinj. Pf. 1 s. רצת; = Aramaic רְהַט; ܪܗܰܛ (WSG 47); cf. Assyrian râṣu, be helpful (i.e. run to help?));— Pf. 3 ms. רָץ Gn 18:7; 2 ms. רַצְתָּה Je 12:5, etc.; Impf. יָרוּץ Hb 2:2 +, יָרֻץ Jb 16:14, וַיָּ֫רָץ Gn 18:2 +, וַיָּרֹ֑ץ 2 S 18:21; 1 s. sf. ארוצם Je 50:44 Kt (but רצץ\]; Imv. ms. רוּץ 2 S 18:23 2 K 4:26, רֻץ 1 S 20:36 Zc 2:8; Inf. cstr. לָרוּץ 1 S 20:6 +; Pt. רָץ 2 S 18:22 +, pl. רָצִים 1 S 22:17 +, רָצִין 2 K 11:13 (Ges§ 87 e);— run, c. אֶל loc. Gn 18:7; 24:20 (both J), Nu 17:12 (P), אֶל pers. Gn 24:29 (J; + ה loc.), 1 S 3:5; Is 55:5 (fig.), with hostility, against, Jb 15:26 (fig.), so goat against ram Dn 8:6, עַלִ pers., against Jb 16:14; ה loc. also Jos 7:22, לְבֵיתוֹ Hg 1:9, לָרַע Is 59:7; Pr 1:16; acc. loc. 1 S 20:6; 17:22, 48 (+ לִקְרַאת); ב loc. on (ב II. 2), of horses Am 6:12, locusts Jo 2:9; into Pr 18:10 (fig.); מִן loc. 1 S 4:12, so MT 2 K 23:12 (= he went quickly thence, but text perhaps corrupt, v. Kit Benz, and cf.\> Hiph. infr.); אַחֲרֵי pers. 2 S 18:22; 1 K 19:20; 2 K 5:20, 21; Ct 1:4, עַד pers. 2 K 4:22; לִפְנֵי pers. 2 S 15:1; 1 K 1:5 (both of royal escort, 2), 18:46 (+ עַד loc.), לִפְנֵי rei 1 S 8:11; אֵת pers. accomp. Je 12:5; c. acc. of way, אֹרַח ψ 19:6, דֶּרֶךְ 2 S 18:23; ψ 119:132 (fig.); as prelim., + inf. לִקְרַאת run to meet Gn 18:2; 24:17; 29:13; 33:4 (all J), 2 K 4:26; Je 51:31 + vb. fin. Gn 24:28; 29:12 (both J), Nu 11:27; Jos 8:19 (both JE), Ju 7:21; 13:10; 1 S 10:23; 17:51; 2 S 18:19; ψ 59:5; as imv. + imv. 1 S 20:36; Zc 2:8; abs. 1 S 20:36; Is 40:31; 2 Ch 23:12 (v. 2 a), Pr 4:12; 6:18 (of feet), of locusts Jo 2:4, 7; specif., run as messenger 2 S 18:21, 22, 23(×2), 24, 26(×2), fig. of prophet’s activity Je 23:21, of י׳’s word ψ 147:15; fig. of reading smoothly, יָרוּץ קוֹרֵא בוֹ Hb 2:2.—ψ 18:30 = 2 S 22:30 read אָרֹץ (for אָרֻץ, אָרוּץ), √ רצץ Ew Ol Che Bae al. Pt. as subst.: pl. הָרָצִים the runners (proposes 3, as royal escort, cf. vb. 2 S 15:1; 1 K 1:5; then) of royal body-guard 1 S 22:17; 1 K 14:27, 28(×2) = 2 Ch 12:10, 11(×2); 2 K 10:25(×2); 11:4, 6, 11, 19(×2).—(הָעָם) הָרָצִין v13 is gloss (Kit Benz; whence \[easier\] הָעָם הָרָצִים 2 Ch 23:12 v. 1).—Pr 29:6 for יָרֻן Pinsk Toy favour יָרוּץ. runner = (royal messenger, post, late), רָץ Je 51:31(×2) (‖ מַגִּיד), cf. Jb 9:25 (as swift); הָרָצִים 2 Ch 30:6, 10; Est 3:13, 15, riders הָר׳ בַּסּוּסִים 8:10, הָר׳ רֹכְבֵי הָרֶכֶשׁ v14. Pōʿlēl Impf. 3 mpl. יְרוֹצֵ֑צוּ Na 2:5 they run swiftly, dart (like lightning; of chariots). cause to run: bring, or move, quickly, Impf. 3 mpl. sf. וַיְרִיצֻהוּ, מִן loc. Gn 41:14 (E), read perhaps also 3 ms. וַיָּרֶץ 2 K 23:12 (acc. om.; for MT וַיָּרָץ v. Qal); ל pers., acc. rei om. וַיָּרִיצוּ 2 Ch 35:13; Imv. ms. הָרֵץ 1 S 17:17 (+ acc. loc., ל pers.); Impf. 3 fs. תָּרִיץ יָדָיו ψ 68:32 quickly stretch out hands, לֵאלֹהִים (viz. with offerings). c. מֵעַל = drive away from, 1 s., sf. 3 ms., אֲרִיצֶנּוּ Je 49:19, so read prob. also in ‖ 50:44 (Qr אֲרִיצֵם, \> Kt ארוצם). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 90 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «רוּץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7323/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 119:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.32/) דֶּֽרֶךְ־מִצְוֺתֶ֥יךָ אָר֑וּץ כִּ֖י תַרְחִ֣יב לִבִּֽי׃ *Word for word:* the.way your.commandments your I.run (dm) you.enlarge heart my *JPS 1917:* I will run the way of Thy commandments, for Thou dost enlarge my heart. [2 Samuel 22:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.30/) כִּ֥י בְכָ֖ה אָר֣וּץ גְּד֑וּד בֵּאלֹהַ֖י אֲדַלֶּג־שֽׁוּר׃ *Word for word:* (dm) by you I.run a.marauding.band by God my I.leap.over a.wall *JPS 1917:* For by Thee I run upon a troop; by my God do I scale a wall. - ← previous: [רוּעַ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7321.md) - next →: [רוּשׁ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7326.md) - ↑ back to [ר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1512-2.md)