STRONGS H7291:
Abbreviations
רָדַף 141 verb pursue, chase, persecute (Late Hebrew
id., Aramaic
רְדַף,
; Arabic
; Sabean
רדף id., SabDenkm
No. 7, 1. 2); —
Qal128 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ר׳ Judges 4:16 +;
1st person 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, Kö
i. 160), suffix
יִרְ דְָּפֶ֑ךָ 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 Judges 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), Genesis 35:5; Joshua 24:6 (all E), Joshua 2:5, 7 (twice in verse); Joshua 8:16 (twice in verse); Joshua 8:17; Joshua 10:19 (JE), Deuteronomy 11:4; Deuteronomy 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 + 17 times, + 2 Kings 25:5 (אַחַר), + Judges 4:16 (אַחֲרֵי הָרֶכֶב); + רִדְפוּ אַחֲרֵי Judges 3:28 = follow me (as leader; but this meaning not elsewhere; read 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), Deuteronomy 28:22, 45; Joshua 23:10 (D), Leviticus 26:8 (twice in verse) (H); וְרָדַף אֹתָם קוֺל עָלֶה נִדָּף Leviticus 26:36a (H); Joshua 7:5; Joshua 8:24; Joshua 10:10; Joshua 11:8 (all J E), Genesis 14:15; Deuteronomy 1:44; Judges 4:22; Isaiah 41:3 + 13 times + Judges 7:25 (read אֶתֿ for אֶלֿ, GFM Bu Now).
†c. literal, accusative omitted Judges 8:4; 1 Samuel 30:8 (+ הִשִּׂיג), 1 Samuel 30:10; Genesis 14:14; Exodus 14:23 (P), Exodus 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); Joshua 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, רִדְפוּ וְתִפְשׂוּהוּ 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) Lamentations 3:66, Psalm 83:16 (בְּסַעֲרֶ֑ךָ); אֶתקַֿשׁ יָבֵשׁ תִּרְדֹּף Job 13:25 (|| תַּעַרוֺץ); רֹדְפָם, of מַלְאַךְ י׳, Psalm 35:6.
†f. figurative persecute, harass, with accusative of person Deuteronomy 30:7; Job 19:22 (כְּמוֺאֵֿל), Psalm 69:27; Psalm 109:16; Psalm 119:86; Psalm 119:161; with accusative נַפְשִׁי Psalm 143:3, with accusative נֲדִבָתִי Job 30:15 (but subject obscure; read perhaps תֵּרָדֵף Bu; Du תִּנָּדֵף); with ל person Job 19:28; participle as substantive Jeremiah 15:15; Jeremiah 17:18; Psalm 7:2; Psalm 31:16 (|| אוֺיְבַי; We מְרַדְּפָ֑י for וַרֹדְפָ֑י), Psalm 35:3; Psalm 119:84; Psalm 119:157 (+ צָרַי), Psalm 142:7.
†g. pursue, dog, subject דָּם, with accusative of person Ezekiel 35:6 (twice in verse) (del Ezekiel 35:6a Co Toy Krae); in good sense, attend closely upon, טוֺב וָחֶסֶד יִרְדְּפוּנִי Psalm 23:6.
†2. figurative follow after, aim to secure: in bad sense, with accusative שַׁלְמֹנִים Isaiah 1:23, שֵׁכָר Isaiah 5:11, קָדִים ר׳ Hosea 12:2, רֹדְפֵי זִמָּה Psalm 119:150; good sense, with infinitive לְדַעַת אֶתיֿ׳ Hosea 6:3, with accusative צֶדֶק Deuteronomy 16:20; Isaiah 51:1 (|| מְבַקְשֵׁי י׳), צְדָקָה וָחָ֑סֶד Proverbs 21:21, שָׁלוֺם Psalm 34:15 (|| בַּוֵּשׁ), טוֺב Psalm 38:21.
†
Niph. passive:
Perfect 1st person plural עַלצַֿוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּ֑פְנוּ Lamentations 5:5 upon our neck (i.e. closely)
we are pursued (improbable, compare Bu); perhaps
Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תֵּרָדֵף Job 30:15 Bu (for
תִּרְדֹּף);
Participle א׳ יְבַקֵּשׁ אֶתנִֿרְדָּ֑ף Ecclesiastes 3:15 God seeketh the pursued (i.e. what has disappeared, is past, but dubious).
†
Pi. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular consecutive
וְרִדְּפָה Hosea 2:9;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְרַדֶּףֿ Nahum 1:8 (
Psalm 7:6 see
Qal);
3rd person femininesingular תְּרַדֵּף Proverbs 13:21;
Participle מְרֵדֵּףֿ Proverbs 11:19 +; —
pursue ardently, with accusative of person
Hosea 2:9 (in figurative); figurative also
חשֶׁךְ יְר׳ Nahum 1:8 (Gunk
ZAW xiii (1893), 230, plausibly,
יֶהְדֹּף), compare Proverbs 13:31; elsewhere participle, in Proverbs:
aim (eagerly) to secure, with accusative
רָעָה Proverbs 11:19,
רֵיקִים Proverbs 12:11;
Proverbs 28:19,
אֲמָרִים Proverbs 19:7 (meaning dubious, see Toy); in good sense,
צְדָקָה Proverbs 15:9.
†
Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive
וְרֻדַּף כְמֹץ הָרִים Isaiah 17:13 it shall be chased away like chaff of the mountains (||
וְנָס).
†
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix
הִרְּדִיפֻהוּ Judges 20:43 usually
they chased him (Benjamin, collective), but strange after
כִתְּרוּ surrounded (still stranger after
כתתו or
כרתו ), and why Hiph.? GFM conjecture dittograph of
הִדְרִיכֻהוּ following; the reverse conjectured by Bu Now.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
14:14; 14:15; 31:23; 35:5; 44:4; 44:4
Exodus
14:4; 14:8; 14:9; 14:23; 15:9
Leviticus
26:8; 26:36; 26:36
Deuteronomy
1:44; 11:4; 16:20; 19:6; 19:6; 28:22; 28:45; 30:7; 32:30
Joshua
2:5; 2:7; 2:16; 2:22; 7:5; 8:16; 8:16; 8:17; 8:20; 8:24; 10:10; 10:19; 11:8; 20:5; 23:10; 24:6
Judges
1:6; 3:28; 3:28; 4:16; 4:16; 4:22; 4:22; 7:25; 8:4; 8:4; 20:43
1 Samuel
23:28; 26:20; 30:8; 30:10
2 Samuel
18:16; 20:6; 20:7; 20:10; 20:13
2 Kings
5:21; 9:27; 25:5
Nehemiah
9:11
Job
13:25; 19:22; 19:28; 30:15; 30:15
Psalms
7:2; 7:6; 7:6; 7:6; 23:6; 31:16; 34:15; 34:15; 35:3; 35:6; 38:21; 38:21; 69:27; 71:11; 83:16; 109:16; 119:84; 119:86; 119:150; 119:157; 119:161; 142:7; 143:3
Proverbs
11:19; 11:19; 12:11; 13:21; 15:9; 19:7; 21:21; 28:1; 28:19
Ecclesiastes
3:15
Isaiah
1:23; 5:11; 17:13; 30:16; 41:3; 51:1
Jeremiah
15:15; 17:18; 20:11; 29:18; 29:18
Lamentations
1:3; 1:6; 3:43; 3:66; 4:19; 5:5
Ezekiel
35:6; 35:6; 35:6
Hosea
2:9; 2:9; 6:3; 8:3; 12:2
Amos
1:11
Nahum
1:8; 1:8