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title: בָּדָד — isolation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּדָד (910), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: isolation. BDB 1906: isolation, separation. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּדָד

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«בָּדָד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **isolation** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 910 · **BDB:** בָּדָד

### Glosses

alone (9);  (1); \[is\].alone (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

isolation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/910/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

isolation, separation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/910/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] isolation, separation: Is 27:10 עִיר בְּצוּרָה בָּדָד the fenced city is isolation, i.e. is solitary (subst. for adj.: Dr§ 189.2); more usually as adv. accus., to signify alone, Dt 32:12; especially with vbs. of dwelling, Lv 13:46 בָּדָד יֵשֵׁב he shall dwell alone (lit. in isolation), Je 15:17 La 1:1; 3:28: fig. of freedom from attack, security Dt 33:28 (of Isr.), Je 49:31 (Kedar); so לְבָדָד Nu 23:9 (Isr.) Mi 7:14 ψ 4:9 for thou לְבָדָד לָבֶטַח תּוֹשִׁיבֵנִי makest me dwell solitarily, in safety (v. Dt 33:28).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּדָד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/910/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.28/)

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יֵשֵׁ֤ב בָּדָד֙ וְיִדֹּ֔ם כִּ֥י נָטַ֖ל עָלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* let.him.sit alone and let.him.be.silent (dm) he.has.laid.\[it\] on him

*JPS 1917:* Let him sit alone and keep silence, because He hath laid it upon him.

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[Deuteronomy 32:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.12/)

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יְהוָ֖ה בָּדָ֣ד יַנְחֶ֑נּוּ וְאֵ֥ין עִמּ֖וֹ אֵ֥ל נֵכָֽר׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh alone he guided.it and there.\[was\].not with him a.god of.foreignness

*JPS 1917:* The LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with Him.

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