( del. v a Ö Co Toy Krae ); in good sense, attend closely upon , יִרְדְּפוּנִי טֹוב וָחֶסֶד ψ 23:6 . 2. fig. follow after, aim to secure: in bad sense, c. acc. שַׁלְמֹנִים Is 1:2 3, שֵׁכָר 5:1 1, ר׳ קָדִים Ho 12: 2, רֹדְפֵי זִמָּה ψ 119:150 ; good sense, c. inf. לְדַעַת אֶת־י׳ Ho 6: 3, c. acc. צֶדֶק Dt 16:20 Is 51:1 ( || מְבַקְשֵׁי י׳ ), צְדָקָה וָהָסֶד Pr 21:2 1, שָׁלֹום ψ 34:15 ( || בַּקֵּשׁ ), טֹוב 38:2 1. Niph. pass .: Pf. 1 pl. עַל־צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּפְנוּ La 5:5 upon our neck (i.e. closely) we are pursued (improb., cf. B u); perhaps Impf. 3 fs. תֵּרָדֵף Jb 30:15 Bu (for תִּרְדִּף ); Pt. יְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת־נִרְדָף א׳ Ec 3:15 God seeketh the pursued , (i.e. what has disappeared, is past, but dub. ). Pi. Pf. 3 fs. consec. וְּרִדְּפָה Ho 2: 9; Impf. 3 ms. יְרַדֶּף־ Na 1:8 ( ψ 7:6 v. Qal ); 3 fs. תְּדַדֵּף Pr 13:21 ; Pt. מְרַדֵּף 11:19 +; pursue ardently , c. acc. pers. Ho 2:9 (in fig. ); fig. also וְאֹיְבָיו יְר׳ הֹשֶׁךְ Na 1:8 ( Gunk ZAW xiii (1893), 230 , plausibly, רֶהְדֹּף ), cf. Pr 13:2 1; elsewhere pt. , in Pr: aim (eagerly) to secure , c. acc. רָעָה 11:1 9, רֵיקִים 12:1 1; 28:19 , אֲמָרִים 19:7 (meaning dub. , v. Toy); in good sense,
צְדָקָה
15:
9.
Pu.
Pf.
3
ms. consec.
וְרֻדַּף כְמֹץ הָרִים
Is 17:13
it shall be chased away like chaff of the mountains
(
||
וְנָס
).
Hiph.
Pf.
3
ms. sf.
הִרְּדִיפֻהוּ
Ju 20:43
usually
they chased him
(Benj.,
coll.
), but strange after
כִּתְּרוּ
surrounded
(still stranger after
כתתו
or
כרתו
Ö
), and why Hiph.?
GFM conj.
dittogr. of
הִדְרִיכֻהוּ
foll.; the reverse conjectured by
Bu No
w.
מֻרְדָּף S 4783 TWOT 2124a GK 5284 n. [ m. ] persecution ( si vera l. ) ( formed like Hoph. Pt. ) ; Is 14:6 , but É É מְרַדֵּף ( Dat .).
[רָהַב S 7292 TWOT 2125 GK 8104 ] vb. act stormily, boisterously, arrogantly
( Ecclus 13: 8, NH id. , Hiph. make proud (rare), å רְהֵב be arrogant; Assyrian ra˒âbu , storm at (angrily); Arabic رَﻩِبَ ( rahiba ) be alarmed, frightened; Syriac ܪܗܶܒ ( rheb ), Pe . Pt. trembling, hastening , Aph. terrify, hasten ) ; Qal Impf. 3 mpl.
בַּוָּקֵן יִרְהֲבוּ הַנַּעַר
Is 3:5
(
||
וְנִגַּשׂ
)
storm against
(
Ö
προσκόψει
);
Imv.
רְהַב רֵעֶ(י)ךָ
Pr 6:3
beset, importune, thy friend
(
Perles
Anal. 61 conj.
רְהַן
give surety
,
cf.
NH
הרהין
).
Hiph.
Pf.
3
mpl. sf.
הִרְהִיבֻנִי
Ct 6:
5, of eyes,
dub.
:
alarm me
Hi Ew B
u,
awe me
G
i,
disturb, confuse me
, Oettli
Dr
Intr. 419 (446)
Buh
l;
Gunk H. Gunkel. Dat J. A. Dathe. Perles F. Perles, Analekten. Dr S. R. Driver, Introduction to Literature of O. T.