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Judges 9:40

“And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

רָדַףrâdaph · raw-daf'
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
יִּרְדְּפֵ֣ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
הוּ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3ms
Usage: Occurs 144 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 14:14 Genesis 14:15 Genesis 31:23 Genesis 35:5 Genesis 44:4

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Verse 39 Verse 41

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.