Original Language Studio
Exodus 14:9
“But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi–hahiroth, before Baal–zephon.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H7291 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּרְדְּפ֨וּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 144 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 14:14Genesis 14:15Genesis 31:23Genesis 35:5Genesis 44:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read רָדַף here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.