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Judges 14:9

“And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

רָדָהrâdâh · raw-daw'
H7287 · Hebrew
Definition
to tread down, i.e. subjugate; specifically, to crumble off
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
(come to, make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (bear, make to) rule,(-r, over), take.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יִּרְדֵּ֣ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
  • הוּ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3ms
Usage
Occurs 27 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:26Genesis 1:28Leviticus 25:43Leviticus 25:46Leviticus 25:53

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 רָדָה 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.