The meaning of “נוּד”
Understanding nûwd reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
bemoan, flee, get, mourn, make to move, take pity, remove, shake, skip for joy, be sorry, vagabond, way, wandering. - to...
נוּד
bemoan, flee, get, mourn, make to move, take pity, remove, shake, skip for joy, be sorry, vagabond, way, wandering. - to nod, i.e. waver - figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear - also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head in scorn) taunt 1) to shake, waver, wander, move to and fro, flutter, show grief, have compassion on 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to move to and fro, wander (aimlessly), take flight 1a2) to flutter 1a3) to waver, wave, shake 1a4) to show grief 1a4a) to lament, condole, show sympathy 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to wander (aimlessly) 1b2) to make a wagging, wag (with the head) 1c) (Hithpolel) 1c1) to move oneself to and fro, sway, totter 1c2) to shake oneself 1c3) to bemoan oneself
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 4:14 | “Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.” Word: נוּד (nûwd) | |
| 1 Kings 14:15 | “For the Lord shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger.” Word: נוּד (nûwd) | |
| 2 Kings 21:8 | “Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.” Word: נוּד (nûwd) | |
| Job 42:11 | “Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.” Word: נוּד (nûwd) | |
| Psalms 36:11 | “Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.” Word: נוּד (nûwd) |
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