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Job 15:23

“He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נָדַדnâdad · naw-dad'
H5074 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: chase (away), [idiom] could not, depart, flee ([idiom] apace, away), (re-) move, thrust away, wander (abroad, -er, -ing).
Grammar: נֹ֘דֵ֤ד — verb Qal, active participle, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HVqrmsa
Usage: Occurs 28 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:40 2 Samuel 23:6 Esther 6:1 Job 18:18 Job 20:8

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 נָדַד here.

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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.