Lexical Summary radaph: to pursue, chase, persecute Original Word: רָדַףTransliteration: radaph Phonetic Spelling: (raw-daf') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to pursue, chase, persecute Meaning: to pursue, chase, persecute Strong's Concordance chase, put to flight, follow after, hunt, be under persecution, pursuer A primitive root; to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by) -- chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r). Brown-Driver-Briggs H7291. radaph רָדַף141 verb pursue, chase, persecute (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic רְדַף, ; Arabic ; Sabean רדף id., SabDenkmNo. 7, 1. 2); — Qal128 Perfect3masculine singular ׳ר Judges 4:16 +; 1 singular וְרָדַפְתִּ֫י Jeremiah 29:18, etc.; Imperfect יִרְדֹּף Deuteronomy 19:6 +, ִירַדֹּף Psalm 7:6 (apparently to give choice of Qal or Pi, Ki JHMich Bae and others; Ges§ 63n explanation as developed from יִרֲדֹף, compare Ol§ 236 e, and, further, Köi. 160), suffix דְָּפֶ֑ךָ יִרְ Ezekiel 35:6 (twice in verse), etc.; Imperative masculine singular רְדֹף Genesis 44:4 +, suffix רָדְפֵהוּ Psalm 34:15; masculine plural רִדְפוּ Judges 3:28 +; Infinitive construct רָדְפִף Joshua 8:16 +, מִרְדֹף 1 Samuel 23:28; 2 Samuel 18:16, suffix רָדְפִי Psalm 38:21 Qr, רדופי Kt, etc.; Participle רֹדֵף Judges 4:22 +, plural רֹדְפִים 8:4 +; — 1. a. pursue (sometimes + הִשִּׂיג): literal with אַחֲרֵי person, in order to overtake Genesis 44:4 (J), 2 Kings 5:21; especially with hostile purpose Genesis 31:23 (+ הִדְבִּיק), 35:5; Joshua 24:6 (all E), 2:5, 7 (twice in verse); 8:16 (twice in verse); 8:17; 10:19 (JE), Deuteronomy 11:4; 19:6; Joshua 20:5 (all D), Exodus 14:4, 8, 9 (P), Judges 1:6; 2 Samuel 20:6-7, 10, 13; 2 Kings 9:27 17t., + 25:5 (אַחַר), + Judges 4:16 (הָרֶכֶב אַחֲרֵי); + אַחֲרֵי רִדְפוּ 3:28 = follow me (as leader; but this meaning not elsewhere; read ᵐ5 רְדוּ Kit GFM). b. literal, with accusative of person, put to flight, chase (defeated foe; sometimes with הִשִּׁיג): Amos 1:11; Hosea 8:3; Deuteronomy 32:30 (poem; "" הֵנִיס), 28:22, 45; Joshua 23:10 (D), Leviticus 26:8 (twice in verse) (H); נִדָּף עָלֶה קוֺל אֹתָם וְרָדַף 26:36 a (H); Joshua 7:5; 8:24; 10:10; 11:8 (all J E), Genesis 14:15; Deuteronomy 1:44; Judges 4:22; Isaiah 41:3 13t. + Judges 7:25 (read אֶתֿ for ᵑ7 ᵑ9 ᵐ5 אֶלֿ, GFM Bu Now). c. literal, accusative omitted Judges 8:4; 1 Samuel 30:8 (+ הִשִּׂיג), 30:10; Genesis 14:14; Exodus 14:23 (P), 15:9 (poem; + הִשִּׂיג), Leviticus 26:36 b. 37 (H), Proverbs 28:1; especially participle plural ׳הָר the pursuers Joshua 2:16 (twice in verse); 2:22 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 9:11; Isaiah 30:16, so הָרֹדֵף Joshua 8:20; Lamentations 1:6. d. chase, hunt, partridge (קֹרֵא) 1 Samuel 26:20 (in simile; "" בִּקֵּשׁ). e. pursue, in figure, Jeremiah 20:11; Lamentations 4:19, וְתִפְשׂוּהוּ רִדְפוּ Psalm 71:11, compare Lamentations 1:3; Psalm 7:6 (+ הִשִּׂיג; see above); especially subject ׳י, pursue (figurative of punishment, judgment), with accusative of person Jeremiah 29:18 (בַּחֶרֶב), Lamentations 3:43 and (בְּאַף) 3:66, Psalm 83:16 (בְּסַעֲרֶ֑ךָ); תִּרְדֹּף יָבֵשׁ אֶתקַֿשׁ Job 13:25 ("" תַּעַרוֺץ); רֹדְפָם, of י ׳מַלְאַךְ, Psalm 35:6. f. figurative persecute, harass, with accusative of person Deuteronomy 30:7; Job 19:22 (כְּמוֺאֵֿל), Psalm 69:27; 109:16; 119:86; 119:161; with accusative נַפְשִׁי 143:3, with accusative נֲדִבָתִי Job 30:15 (but subject obscure; read perhaps תֵּרָדֵף Bu; Du תִּנָּדֵף); with ל person 19:28; participle as substantive Jeremiah 15:15; 17:18; Psalm 7:2; 31:16 ("" אוֺיְבַי; We מְרַדְּפָ֑י for וַרֹדְפָ֑י), 35:3; 119:84; 119:157 (+ צָרַי), 142:7. g. pursue, dog, subject דָּם, with accusative of person Ezekiel 35:6 (twice in verse) (del va ᵐ5 Co Toy Krae); in good sense, attend closely upon, יִרְדְּפוּנִי וָחֶסֶד טוֺב Psalm 23:6. 2 figurative follow after, aim to secure: in bad sense, with accusative שַׁלְמֹנִים Isaiah 1:23, שֵׁכָר 5:11, ׳ר קָדִים Hosea 12:2, זִמָּה רֹדְפֵי Psalm 119:150; good sense, with infinitive אֶתיֿ ׳לְדַעַת Hosea 6:3, with accusative צֶדֶק Deuteronomy 16:20; Isaiah 51:1 ("" י ׳מְבַקְשֵׁי), וָחָ֑סֶד צְדָקָה Proverbs 21:21, שָׁלוֺם Psalm 34:15 ("" בַּוֵּשׁ), טוֺב 38:21. Niph`al passive: Perfect1plural נִרְדָּ֑פְנוּ עַלצַֿוָּארֵנוּ Lamentations 5:5 upon our neck (i.e. closely) we are pursued (improbable, compare Bu); perhaps Imperfect3feminine singular תֵּרָדֵף Job 30:15 Bu (for תִּרְדֹּף); Participle אֶתנִֿרְדָּ֑ף יְבַקֵּשׁ ׳א Ecclesiastes 3:15 God seeketh the pursued (i.e. what has disappeared, is past, but dubious). Pi`el Perfect3feminine singular consecutive וְרִדְּפָה Hosea 2:9; Imperfect3masculine singular יְרַדֶּףֿ Nahum 1:8 (Psalm 7:6 see Qal); 3 feminine singular תְּרַדֵּף Proverbs 13:21; Participle מְרֵדֵּףֿ 11:19 +; — pursue ardently, with accusative of person Hosea 2:9 (in figurative); figurative also ׳יְר חשֶׁךְ Nahum 1:8 (GunkZAW xiii (1893), 230, plausibly, יֶהְדֹּף), compare Proverbs 13:31; elsewhere participle, in Proverbs: aim (eagerly) to secure, with accusative רָעָה Proverbs 11:19, רֵיקִים 12:11; 28:19, אֲמָרִים 19:7 (meaning dubious, see Toy); in good sense, צְדָקָה 15:9. Pu`al Perfect3masculine singular consecutive הָרִים כְמֹץ וְרֻדַּף Isaiah 17:13 it shall be chased away like chaff of the mountains ("" וְנָס). Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular suffix הִרְּדִיפֻהוּ Judges 20:43 usually they chased him (Benjamin, collective), but strange after כִתְּרוּ surrounded (still stranger after כתתו or ᵐ5 כרתו), and why Hiph`il? GFM conjecture dittograph of הִדְרִיכֻהוּ following; the reverse conjectured by Bu Now. |