• רֹודָנִים S 1721 GK 8114 n.pr. gent. pl. Rhodians ;— 1 Ch 1:7 , Ῥόδιοι ; and so || Gn 10:4 (for דֹּדָנִים q.v .).
רָדַף S 7291 TWOT 2124 GK 8103141 vb. pursue, chase, persecute ( NH id. , Aramaic רְדַף , ܪܕܰܦ ( rdap ); Arabic رَدَفَ ( radafa ); Sab. רדף id. , SabDenkm No. 7, 1. 2
) ;— Qal 128 Pf. 3 ms. ר׳ Ju 4:16 +; 1 s. וְרָדַפְתִּ˜י Je 29:1 8, etc.; Impf. יִרְדֹּף Dt 19:6 +, יִֽרַדֹף ψ 7:6 (appar. to give choice of Qal or Pi, Ki JHMich Bae al. ; Ges § 63 n expl. as developed from יִרֲדֹף , cf. Ol § 236 e, and, further, Kö i. 160), sf. יִרְדָּפֶ˜ךָ Ez 35:6 (×2), etc.; Imv. ms. רְדֹף Gn 44:4 +, sf. רָדְפֵהוּ ψ 34:15 ; mpl. רִדְפוּ Ju 3:28 +;, Inf. cstr. לִרְדֹּף Jos 8:16 +, מִרְדֹף 1 S 23:28 2 S 18:16 , sf. רָדְפִי ψ 38:21 Q r, רדופי K t, etc.; Pt. רֹדֵף Ju 4:22 +, pl. רֹדְפִים 8:4 +;— 1. a. pursue (sometimes + הִשִּׂיג ): lit. c. אַהֲרֵי pers ., in order to overtake Gn 44:4 ( J ), 2 K 5:21 ; especially with hostile purpose Gn 31:23 ( +
הִדְבִּיק
),
35:5 Jos 24:6
(all
E
),
2:5
,
7
(×2);
8:16
(×2),
17
;
10:19
(JE),
Dt 11:4
;
19:6 Jos 20:5
(all
D
),
Ex 14:4
,
8
,
9
(
P
),
Ju 1:6 2 S 20:
6,
7
,
10
,
13
;
2 K 9:27
+
17 times,
+
2 K 25:5
(
אַהַר
),
+
Ju 4:16
(
אַהֲרֵי הָרֶכֶב
);
+
רִדְפוּ אַהֲרַי
Ju 3:28
=
follow me
(as leader; but this meaning not elsewhere; read
רְדוּ
Ö
Kit GF
M).
b.
lit.,
c.
acc. pers.
,
put to flight, chase
(defeated foe; sometimes
c.
הִשִּׂיג
):
Am 1:11 Ho 8:3 Dt 32:30
(poem;
||
הֵנִיס
),
28:22
,
45 Jos 23:10
(
D
),
Lv 26:8
(×2) (
H
);
עָלֶה נִדָּף וְרָדַף אֹתָם קֹול
v
36a
(
H
);
Jos 7:5
;
8:24
;
10:10
;
11:8
(all JE),
Gn 14:15 Dt 1:44 Ju 4:22 Is 41:3
+
13 times
+
Ju 7:25
(read
אֶת־
for
אֶל־
,
Ö É å
GFM Bu No
w).
•
c.
lit.,
acc.
om.
Ju 8:4 1 S 30:8
(
+
הִשִּׂיג
),
v
10 Gn 14:14 Ex 14:23
(
P
),
15:9
(poem;
+
הִשִּׂיג
),
Lv 26:36b
,
37
(
H
),
Pr 28:1
; especially
pt. pl.
הָר׳
the pursuers
Jos
2:16
(×2),
22
(×2) Ne 9:11 Is 30:1
6, so
הָרֹדֵף
Jos 8:20 La 1:
6.
•
d.
chase, hunt
, partridge (
קֹרֵא
)
1 S 26:20
(in
sim.
;
||
בִּקֵּשׁ
).
•
e.
pursue
, in
fig.
,
Je 20:11 La 4:19
,
רִדְפוּ וְתִפְשׂוּהוּ
ψ 71:11
,
cf.
La 1:
3;
ψ 7:6
(
+
הִשִּׂיג
;
v. supr
.); especially subj.
י׳
,
pursue
(
fig.
of punishment, judgment),
c.
אחרי
Je 29:18
(
בַּהֶרֶב
),
acc. pers.
La 3:43
(om.
v
6
6),
ψ 83:16
(
בְּסַעֲרֶ˜ךָ
);
אֶת־קַשׁ יָבֵשׁ תִּרְדֹּף
Jb 13:25
(
||
תַּעֲרֹוץ
);
רֹדְכָּם
, of
מַלְאַךְ י׳
,
ψ 35:6
.
•
f.
fig.
persecute, harass
,
c.
acc. pers.
Dt 30:7 Jb 19:22
(
כְּמֹו־אֵל
),
ψ 69:27
;
109:16
;
119:86
,
161
;
c.
acc.
נַפְשִׁו
143:
3,
c.
acc.
נְדִבָתִי
Jb 30:15
(but subj. obscure; read perhaps
תֵּרָדֵף
B
u;
Du
תִּנָּדֵף
);
c.
ל
pers.
Jb 19:2
8;
pt.
as
subst.
Je 15:15
;
17:18
ψ 7:2
;
31:16
(
||
אֹויְבַי
;
We
מְרַדְּפָ˜י
for
מֵרֹדְפָ˜י
),
35:3
;
119:84
,
157
(
+
צָרַי
),
142:7
.
•
g.
pursue, dog
, subj.
דָּם
,
c.
acc. pers.
Ez 35:6
(×2)
JHMich J. H. Michaelis.