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title: בָּדַד — be separate · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּדַד (909), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: be separate. BDB 1906: vb. be separate, isolated. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּדַד

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«בָּדַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be separate** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 909 · **BDB:** בָּדַד

### Glosses

isolated (2); an.isolated.\[one\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be separate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/909/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be separate, isolated [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/909/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be separate, isolated (Arabic بَدَّ cause to withdraw; ii. separate, disunite, Gn 11:8 Saad.; iv. divide into parts; x. go alone, act independently), only Pt. בּוֹדֵד Is 14:31 (of straggler in army), Ho 8:9 פֶּרֶא בוֹדֵד לוֹ a wild-ass (sim. of Ephr.) going alone for itself (i.e. wilfully: v. sub לְ), ψ 102:8 (of bird sitting solitarily).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּדַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/909/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 102:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.102.8/)

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שָׁקַ֥דְתִּי וָאֶֽהְיֶ֑ה כְּ֝צִפּ֗וֹר בּוֹדֵ֥ד עַל־גָּֽג׃

*Word for word:* I.am.wakeful and I.have.become like a.bird isolated on a.roof

*JPS 1917:* I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop.

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[Hosea 8:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.8.9/)

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כִּֽי־הֵ֙מָּה֙ עָל֣וּ אַשּׁ֔וּר פֶּ֖רֶא בּוֹדֵ֣ד ל֑וֹ אֶפְרַ֖יִם הִתְנ֥וּ אֲהָבִֽים

*Word for word:* (dm) they they.have.gone.up Assyria a.wild.donkey isolated to itself Ephraim they.have.hired loves

*JPS 1917:* For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself; Ephraim hath hired lovers.

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