The meaning of “יָדַד”
Understanding yâdad reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
cast. - properly, to handle, i.e. to throw, e.g. lots v 1) (Qal) to throw lots, cast lots n 2) love, loving-one, friend
יָדַד
cast. - properly, to handle, i.e. to throw, e.g. lots v 1) (Qal) to throw lots, cast lots n 2) love, loving-one, friend
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Joel 3:3 | “And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.” Word: יָדַד (yâdad) | |
| Obadiah 1:11 | “In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.” Word: יָדַד (yâdad) | |
| Nahum 3:10 | “Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.” Word: יָדַד (yâdad) |
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