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).
†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.
†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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